<span>Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General and the second Secretary of State, serving under the Washington administration in the late 1700s. When he wrote ‘shake it to its foundations’ he meant ‘damage or challenge the core beliefs or ideals’.</span>
- Affirmative action programs: <u>c. are controversial because they are seen as reverse discrimination</u>.
- One of the possible legal challenges to affirmative action programs is that they violate the <u>equal protection</u> clause of the <u>Fourteenth</u> Amendment. Because this amendment is at play, any affirmative action program that uses race or ethnicity as a basis for decision making is reviewed by the courts using <u>strict</u> scrutiny.
- Because discrimination law is primarily federal, states are not allowed to pass laws that ban affirmative action or protect classes other than those in the federal laws- <u>this is a false statement</u>.
<u>Explanation</u>:
An affirmative action is a program that uses past discrimination to justify present decisions by giving some sort of consideration to protected status.
Discrimination means treating an individual differently and unfairly because of their race, sex or social status. A discrimination law deals with the incidents of unequal or unfair treatment. People are even discriminated based on disability, genetic makeup and other personal characteristics.
According to <em><u>Fourteenth Amendment</u></em>, the court uses strict analysis to review affirmative action programs.
Which of the following is an example of an army custom would be: <span>Don't jump the chain of command.
Custom is a set of rules that define proper behavior but does not actually punishable by formal law if its being violated. The punishment for jumping a chain of command usually only informal punishments such as running or cleaning the base</span>
