Final Part B

Question 1

Foley v. Connelie: Details

Answer 1

Edmund Foley, a legal resident, applied for appointment as a New York state trooper, but was not allowed to take the relevant examination because of a state law stipulating that only U.S. citizens were eligible to serve as New York state police officers.

Question 2

Foley v. Connelie: Question

Answer 2

Did the New York law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question 3

Foley v. Connelie: Decision

Answer 3

(6-3) The Court held that the states had an “historical power to exclude aliens from participation in its democratic political institutions” They also held that Police function was “one of the basic functions of government” and thereby the province of actual United States citizens.

Question 4

Rostker v. Goldberg: Details

Answer 4

Congress discontinued military draft registration in 1975 but reinstated it in 1980. When it did so, it mandated the registration of men but not women. Several men sued, claiming that the law violated their Fifth Amendment due process rights.

Question 5

Rostker v. Goldberg: Question

Answer 5

Did the gender distinctions violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment?

Question 6

Rostker v. Goldberg: Decision

Answer 6

(6-3) The fact that Congress and the Executive have decided that women should not serve in combat fully justifies Congress in not authorizing their registration.