Overview
Research the below case. Answer the following questions. Your paper should not exceed 2 pages:
- Who were the parties to the case (i.e. who sued who)?
- What was the issue in the case (what was the lawsuit about)?
- What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case (what did the Court say)?
- How has this impacted America? Read articles that have discussed the impact of the case on American politics. Check sites such as Common Cause, ACLU, public integrity sites.
- Provide a 1 paragraph synopsis of an article that you read in #4 above, including citation.
- What is the Bill of Rights?
- Identify what the rights are in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
- What do you think of the concept that a corporation is a person and entitled to the protection of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
- Do you agree with what the Supreme Court said in Citizens United?
Case study: Citizens United v. Federal Election Com'n, 558 US 310 - Supreme Court 2010 - Google Scholar
This assignment requires that you research in the textbook as well as on the internet, library, or other locations. Please write you answers to each question individually. Do not forget to provide citations in proper form.
What does FOIA stand for?
What does it do?
If you wanted to obtain a report on the COVID crisis from the CDC, what steps would you have to take under the FOIA? Please detail the steps in separate numbered paragraphs.
Is there a cost to obtain a report like this?
Can the CDC refuse to provide the report?
On what grounds can they refuse?
Does the CDC have to give you a reason?
Is there a way to appeal the denial of information?
Does NH have a similar statute? What is it called?
How does the process work in NH?
The article is about the Hobby Lobby case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014. When you have finished reading about the case, think about and post the following:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/us/hobby-lobby-c...
1. What are the basic facts of the case?
2. What issue did the Supreme Court have to decide?
3. If a corporation is a legal entity that only exists on paper, can it have Constitutional Rights?
4. Imagine a Corporation worth 200 or 300 million dollars, but is owned by only 15 family members. The company employs 15,000 people. Should the family, by some type of majority vote, be able to decide what the benefits they offer can be used for?
5. Should the company be able to tell you what you can do with your vacation time?
6. Should the company be able to tell you that you can't work there if you don't believe and behave like the family does?
7. What if the family did not believe in using blood transfusions as medical treatment because of their religious beliefs? Could they tell their insurance provider not to cover that?
8. Is it a practical option for many people that if you don't like it, go work somewhere else?