课程名称︰英美法导论 课程性质︰法学组必选 课程教师︰张文贞 开课学院：法律学院 开课系所︰法律学系 考试日期（年月日）︰2008/06/16 考试时限（分钟）：48 hours exam 是否需发放奖励金：是 （如未明确表示，则不予发放） 试题 : 1.(60%)Suppose: Secretary of U.S. Department of Education initiated a program to set aside 0.1% of its annual budget as special grants for children from gay and lesbian family to help them deal with all form of discriminationa against them. This idea was accepted by several congressmen, and later, the budget bill was approved. Mr. Winston, the leader of "the society for a religious America", was very much offended by this government action and decided to bring a taxpayer suit. He argued that this congressional spending was in violation of the Federal Constitution as it violated the first Amendment (Congress should make no law respecting an establishment of regligion) as well as the fourteenth Amendment (Congress privileged homosexuals and violated heterosexual's equal protection of rights.) Before filing the taxpayer suits, Mr. Winston would like to seek legal advice. If you were the lawyer that Mr. Winston seeks for advice, what would you respond to him? Can Mr. Winston file a taxpayer suit? To which court, fedreal or state? Does he have standing to sue? 2.(40%)Suppose: Connecticut passed a law by public initiative and referendum that prohibited gay and lesbian marriage. Lisa and Mary, a long-term lesbian couple, both work at Yale University. They were very upset about this legislation and thought that people voted against gay marriage simply because they had not understood lives of gays and lesbians. If they would have know and discussed more, they would not have voted against gay marriage. Hence, Lisa and Mary decided to challenge this state legislation at the federal court on two grounds :1)this state prohibition of gay marriage violated right of privacy guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, and 2)the fact that the majority used a public vote to infringe minority rights was a violation of the Guarantee Clause (Sec.4, Art 4 of the Federal Constitution). Before filing their litigation, Lisa and Mary would like to seek legal advice. If you were the lawyer that they seek for advice, how would you respond to them? How would you analyze the two grounds (right of privacy, Guarantee Clause)for them? Answer the above two questions in typed sheets that must exceed 1000 words. Specify word count in the beginning of your answer sheets. Return your answer to the box before the office of Professor Wen-Chen Chang (Room 420, Research Building) by 4pm, Wednesday June 18, 2008. No extension would be granted. Enjoy! Have a great summer! --

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