In Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois (1990), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:

A. states must establish comparable worth policies.
B. policy-level officials may be fired for politically partisan reasons, but lower-level officials may not.
C. policy-level officials may not be fired for politically partisan reasons, but lower-level workers may.
D. the number of minority employees in state and local governments must be proportionate to the number of minorities in the population.


Answer: B

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