To give you an idea of how the Social Security formula discriminated in favor of women, let's assume I decide to base grades in Con Law on your score on 10 pop quizzes. And suppose further I decide that, in order to compensate for past societal discrimination against women in the law, I will allow women--but not men-- to throw out their three lowest scores.
So assume Mr. A and Ms. B have identical records on their quizzes--they each scored 100% on seven quizzes and 0% on three quizzes. What grades do they earn under my grading formula?
Mr. A has an average of 70% and that might curve out at a 4 or 5.
Ms. B has an average of 100% (after throwing out her three zeroes) and earns a grade of 9 for the course.
If I chose to grade on this system at a state university, would it violate the EPC?
Should I adopt this formula for future classes?
How would a social conservative like Pat Robertson, who wishes to encourage women to stay home and care for their young children, feel about the Social Security formula in Califano?
The web log for Prof. Duncan's Constitutional Law Classes at Nebraska Law-- "[U]nder our Constitution there can be no such thing as either a creditor or a debtor race. That concept is alien to the Constitution's focus upon the individual. In the eyes of government, we are just one race here. It is American. " -----Justice Antonin Scalia If you allow the government to take your liberty during times of crisis, it will create a crisis whenever it wishes to take your liberty.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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