chapter 14 blog

Chapter 14 Blog

            Elena Kagan, Associate Justice. She was a deputy assistant for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council. It seems to have been a long road for her to get to where she is today.  In Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the case was about a class action suit by women employees of Wal-Mart for discrimination, women making 81 cents to the men making a dollar. The women in the class action suit wanted back pay. There were massive amounts of women in this class action suit. Justice Scalia wrote for five members that there was not a single question that covered all the employees in the suit. The dissent, by Justice Ginsburg with other justices were, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. I agree with Justice Ginsburg that they should have sided with the lower court that the lawsuit was justified. Their practice of giving local discretion in employment decisions could bring on more discrimination.

          Sparingly.You can’t go any higher for a decision.They have just so many cases they hear while they are in session.

                  They should interpret the constitution.

                 There have been so many things that have changed since it was written.        

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Blog

1.       The U.S Food and Drug Administration is in my opinion the most important agency. They protect the public health of humans and animals. They make regulations on food and drugs. They have inspectors that go out to these places that make the food and drugs and inspect them. The FDA also regulates tobacco with warning labels on cigarette packs.

2.       The United States Botanical Garden.  It’s basically a show place. You can tour it and see all the flowers and plants. They can show you how to plant, but you can read the instructions on the plants you buy and it will tell you how to plant it, what sunlight it needs, how deep to plant them and how far apart to plant each one. I don’t see a need for the United States Botanical Garden.

3.       I don’t know that another agency is needed. I looked at all of them on the Government agency we site and it looks like it’s all covered and then some.