Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Of 2008 Genetic Information

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008Name:Course:Date:Institution Affiliation:SynopsisThe Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 comes across as the first ever-new civil rights laws that are- enacted since the federalism revolution of 2001. In 2008, ten years after the enactment of the Federalism Revolution, the Congress passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 that focused on promoting genetic and preventive screening. The Act also focuses on safeguarding medical prevention of persons as well as prevents unfair treatment of people based on the disease infection in the course of their lives. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 prohibits the collection and use of genetic information by employers and insurers. The core cases highlighted in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 include Boerne V. Flores case that primarily a case on the bound of the free Exercise Clause and Congress’s power or lack of power to foster the substantive scope of constitutional protections (Keim 2008). In this case, the plaintiff held that there was little discussion concerning the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and that the Congress did not use proper 5 powers to correct and