Q1
Within the sport, of basketball what are specific forms of formal exclusion or informal exclusion?
Are these forms of exclusion justifiable?
Are there specific levels of play where the exclusions are more extreme?
Do these exclusions continue to be justifiable at those levels of participation?
Hint: preventing or cutting a 4th-grade girl from playing football vs. preventing or cutting a high school girl from playing football.
Q2
The basis for this discussion is the U.S. Supreme Court case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
This case is about a business' leadership making real business decisions about employer-provided employee health care benefits. This decision violated a government mandate that private for-profit businesses provide certain types of birth control benefits. The company, Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., took a stand against the government's position, based on the business ownership's religious beliefs, raising a Constitutional question under the First Amendment.
Please do not simply list "questions and answers." Address these questions within an essay format.
· What are the constitutional implications on business exemplified by this case? How was the 1st Amendment involved? How was the government violating Hobby Lobby's 1st Amendment right, according to the U.S. Supreme Court?
· Hobby Lobby Stores. Inc. is a family-owned business, described as "closely held." What does this mean, i.e., what is a closely held corporation? Did this make a difference in the court's consideration of Hobby Lobby's 1st Amendment religious freedom argument? Would the same argument work for a large publicly held corporation like IBM? Should it? Why or why not? What are the social and political interests in play that the Court endeavored to balance in the legal setting?