ISS Assignment 5-2
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Chapter 2
1.
What does Coleman argue about the Carter administration’s record on
addressing immigration issues?
a.
Carter administration’s record on addressing immigration issues was one
of failure. Coleman argues that the Carter administration's uncertain
commitment to civil rights.
2.
What was HEW? And its position regarding the issue in Plyler?
a.
The HEW is the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Its position
to Plyer was to challenge the federal government’s own citizenship and
residency restrictions on the disbursement of benefits and entitlements.
3.
Which Constitutional and foreign policy issues did Drew Days of the Justice
Department (Carter administration) use in his internal memorandum to support
overturning the Texas statute?
a.
The constitutional and foreign policy issues that Days used to support the
Texas statute were the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause,
and that the Texas statute created an unconstitutional and discriminatory
classification.
4.
Which examples of federal programs were of potential concern in terms of a
broader potential impact if the decision in Plyer was in favor of the children?
a.
Days argued participation in the case would strengthen the department’s
commitment to ensure that both disadvantaged and non–English speaking
students receive adequate education, including access to bilingual
programs.
5.
What does Coleman say about MSLF’s position? (MSLF was addressed in an
earlier chapter as a public interest group playing an opposition role to liberal
groups in litigation.)
a.
MSLF argued that there was a need for their advocacy. They focused on
legal activism and Texas were a microcosm of the broader issues. MSLF
believed that cases could have a larger impact on the world around us.
6.
What does Coleman argue about the case’s critical electoral importance to
former President Carter as he sought reelection?
a.
Texas was extremely important due to the fact that it was becoming a
battleground state. Winning this state would be crucial to winning
reelection.
7.
What does Coleman argue about the divisions within the Department of
Education on the issues in Plyler?
a.
DOE staff believed that while the unauthorized immigrant students and
their school districts needed fiscal support, they were uncertain about
whether the state or the federal government should provide it. There was
talk about formally passing legislation, which did bring up a divide in what
DOE workers thought.
8.
What position did the Justice Department under the new Reagan administration
adopt in its brief to the Supreme Court?
a.
The Justice Department embraced a judicial ideology that sought to
narrow and constrict the role of the federal courts.
9.
How does Coleman describe the political cartoon on page 53?
a.
The cartoon stressed reagan's blind eye to texas supressinon of
immigrants rights and its concurrent reliance on immigrant labor to fund
lifestyles.
10.What do we learn about the Miliken v Bradley case?
a.
We learn that while the decision in Milliken limited certain desegregation
methods, it did not overturn the landmark 1954 case of Brown v. Board of
Education, which declared state-sponsored school segregation
unconstitutional.
11. Which argument from the Supreme Court’s narrow majority opinion does the
chapter of the title address?
a.
Chief Justice Burger’s.
12.Does the Supreme Court opinion rule that education is a constitutional right?
a.
The Supreme Court ruled education as not a constitutional right.
13.What does Coleman mean in regard to addressing reactions that the Court was
overstepping its boundaries and engaging in policy making?
a.
The leadership was disappointed with the decision and viewed the case
as a missed opportunity for the department to encourage the court to
pursue a course of judicial restraint.
14.What does Coleman write about the concern that this case could have a much
broader impact in judicial expansion of entitlement programs to a larger class of
illegal aliens?
a.
Coleman writes about concerns about the controversy of providing public
education to 20,000 young children.
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