POL 303 Week 3 DQ 1 Equal Protection

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• POL 303 Week 3 DQ 1 Equal Protection and Gender
  Discrimination
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•  In recent years opportunities for women in the
  U.S. military have been expanding. But 200,000
  jobs may remain closed to women for a variety of
  reasons. Recently two female Army Reserve
  officers sued the government for excluding them
  from formal assignment to specific Army combat
  units and other positions solely because of their
  gender (Sampson, 2012). They argue that being
  excluded from these assignments limits their
  opportunities for advancement in the Army and
  restricts their current and future earnings and
  their retirement benefits.
• They also argue that the Armys practice of
  attaching them to such units (instead of
  formally assigning them which is barred under
  Army rules) actually exposes them to greater
  danger than male soldiers because women are
  excluded from combat-arms training for engaging
  hostile opponents.Respond to this 3-part
  question in your initial post
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• Explain the Supreme Court's reasons in United
  States v. Virginia (the majority opinion by
  Justice Ginsberg) for holding that excluding
  women from VMI violated the Constitutions Equal
  Protection Clause.
• Explain the rationale of Justice Scalias
  dissenting opinion.
• Does the militarys exclusion of women from
  formal and active combat assignments on the
  basis of gender violate their Equal Protection
  rights? To decide this issue, apply the rationale
  of either Justice Ginsberg or Justice Scalia.
  Fully explain your reasons for your position in
  terms of a constitutional rationale.
• Reference Sampson, Z. (2012, May 25). 2 female
  Army officers sue to reverse combat ban.
  Associated Press. Retrieved
• from http//www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/25/2-female
  -army-officers-sue-to-reverse-combat-ban/ 
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