(Solution) Poli 330N Week 6 Discussion: A Bloated Bureaucracy and an inclusive Supreme Court

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 13, 14
  • Lesson
  • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (can include your textbook)

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

  • Option 1:How does the bureaucracy affect your life, and thus, your freedom as an ordinary citizen? In what ways does it hinder or help your life? Do you see the bureaucracy as an effective aspect in your life or do you see issues with the bureaucracy as it stands? Why/why not? List one issue you would change concerning the bureaucracy and how you would remedy the issue.
  • Option 2: Identify a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and discuss the nature of the case and the basis of the argument the Supreme Court used to reach the decision. Explain why you agree or disagree with the ruling?

Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

Solution:

Option 2

In Bostock v. Clayton County case in June 2020, the issues were employment dismissals, based in part on homosexuality or transgender, violations of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Mallory et al., 2020). The Supreme Court ruled that this was unconstitutional and against Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress outlawed discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Sex plays a necessary and unsubtle role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids. The Supreme Court held that the employer violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when she fired a long-time employee shortly after the employee revealed that he or she was…Please click the icon below to purchase full answer at only $5