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torybrooks

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What is age discrimination? Discuss some laws and court cases that have supported civil rights for older people. Why might this issue become more highlighted in the near future?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Americans today hear __________ of about 10 seconds or less of important political speeches on television news.
 
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Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Define age discrimination as the denial of civil rights in policy or practice based on a person's age.
2, Identify some of the laws and court cases that have supported civil rights regardless of age, such as the 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act that banned some kinds of age discrimination, a 1975 civil rights law that denied federal funds to any institution that discriminated againstpeople over 40, the 2000 case of Reeves v.Sanderson that made cases of job bias easier to win, and the 2008 Supreme Court ruling that places the burden of proof on an employer to prove that an action against a worker stems from factors other than age.
3, Note that the issue of age discrimination may become highlighted in the near future because America is aging rapidly and many people do not want, or cannot afford, to retire at age 65, the arbitrary age chosen when the Social Security program began.

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