Maya Ohlinger
Poli 813 Test 1 (Equal Means Equal and The New Jim Crow)
Part 1 – Question 1 (Equal Means Equal) While some people don’t think that the Equal Rights Amendment is necessary because political institutions such as Congress, having the ability to pass preventative laws against discrimination, and the courts, having the capability of ruling discriminatory laws unconstitutional, may possess the power to fight for equality, there are multiple court cases where, while they possess the power, they don’t use it fairly or to the advantage of the discriminated sex. Lola Kouba, a woman residing in California, began working for Allstate Insurance Company in 1974. When she started her position, she, along with fellow new employees, were started on a salary based on ability, education, experience, and prior salary. Lola noticed that she was getting paid almost $200 less a month than her male colleagues. Lola had her case brought to her district court, “arguing that reliance on discrimination on their prior salary resulted in unequal pay and constituted unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex.” The …show more content…
If a person pleads guilty in their case to the charges, most likely through coercion, they lose these two basic rights. Most of the time, attorneys will talk about what a great deal the defendant would be getting if they plead guilty and they wrap it up in a pretty bow, but they, in the end, are denied these rights when agreeing to a guilty plea bargain. One would think that our government wouldn’t see that as fitting when we pride ourselves on giving every citizen the right to vote and the right to serve on a jury. But there is the political discrimination against anyone who has anything on their record. Our nation is all about citizens having a “say” yet they will take away those rights so quickly if you plead guilty to any criminal
Poli 813 Test 1 (Equal Means Equal and The New Jim Crow)
Part 1 – Question 1 (Equal Means Equal) While some people don’t think that the Equal Rights Amendment is necessary because political institutions such as Congress, having the ability to pass preventative laws against discrimination, and the courts, having the capability of ruling discriminatory laws unconstitutional, may possess the power to fight for equality, there are multiple court cases where, while they possess the power, they don’t use it fairly or to the advantage of the discriminated sex. Lola Kouba, a woman residing in California, began working for Allstate Insurance Company in 1974. When she started her position, she, along with fellow new employees, were started on a salary based on ability, education, experience, and prior salary. Lola noticed that she was getting paid almost $200 less a month than her male colleagues. Lola had her case brought to her district court, “arguing that reliance on discrimination on their prior salary resulted in unequal pay and constituted unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex.” The …show more content…
If a person pleads guilty in their case to the charges, most likely through coercion, they lose these two basic rights. Most of the time, attorneys will talk about what a great deal the defendant would be getting if they plead guilty and they wrap it up in a pretty bow, but they, in the end, are denied these rights when agreeing to a guilty plea bargain. One would think that our government wouldn’t see that as fitting when we pride ourselves on giving every citizen the right to vote and the right to serve on a jury. But there is the political discrimination against anyone who has anything on their record. Our nation is all about citizens having a “say” yet they will take away those rights so quickly if you plead guilty to any criminal