Objective 1: Explain the guarantees of civil liberties in the Constitution and the process by which these guarantees became binding on state governments. 1. Summarize the protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. a. Freedom of expression b. Rights of the accused c. Religion d. Bear arms e. Civil liberties 2. What other protections are guaranteed by the Constitution in addition to those found in the Bill of Rights? f. Habeas corpus g. Ex
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Distinction between a written and unwritten constitution is not real. There is no constitution which is either wholly written or entirely unwritten. All written constitutions grow and expand if they are to endure and serve their purpose. The real constitution is a living body of general prescriptions carried into effect by living persons. No constitution can ever be a strait-jacket. Nor can it be ever in the mind of the constitutional fathers to work out in all details a complete and final
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The due process clause is found in the U.S. Constitution and guarantees individuals rights based on moral principles (Due Process Clause Law and Legal Definition. (n.d.). The U.S. government must give all legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law. The due process clause in the constitution prohibits state and local government from depriving any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property without due process of the law (Due Process Clause Law and Legal Definition‚ n.d.). Vagueness doctrine
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A constitution is a set of fundamental and fortified rules‚ which govern the conduct of a nation‚ by establishing its approach and system. A constitution can be either codified or un-codified‚ it defines the principles that society should conform to. The constitution controls the government by limiting functions of different departments‚ while the word constitution has a variety of meanings. Bolingbroke stated in 1733 that: “By constitution‚ we mean‚ whenever we speak with propriety and exactness
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oftheUnited States Constitution. TheapplicabilityofTheBill of Rights to thestates viatheFourteenthAmendment. FormatyouressayconsistentwithAPA 6theditionguidelinesusing at least 4peer- reviewed sources‚ one ofwhich isthe coursetext. You must includeheadings aspart of structurallyorganizingyourpaper. Discussion Question Describe the Fourteenth Amendment. What is the applicability of The Bill of Rights to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment? Give an example of how the Fourteenth Amendment is or
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Evaluation of Brown v. Board of Education The Brown v. Board of Education was a case in which thirteen Topeka parents of twenty children filed a class action lawsuit against the Board of Education of the City of Topeka‚ Kansas. This took place in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas in 1951 and ended in the Supreme Court in 1954. The full names of the parents and plaintiffs were Oliver Brown‚ Darlene Brown‚ Lena Carper‚ Sadie Emmanuel‚ Marguerite Emerson‚ Shirley Fleming‚ Zelma Henderson
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Professor Blonna Govt 170 6 October 2012 2000 Supreme Court’s Ruling‚ Bush vs Gore In December of 2000‚ the United States Supreme Court made a decision that ended the dispute about the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush. The Court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court ’s method for recounting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The reason for this was the lack of equal treatment of all the ballots cast in Florida. The Court also ruled
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demanded from Richard to identify the woman next to him. Mildred‚ full of fear‚ told the officers that she was his wife‚ while Richard pointed to the marriage license on the wall. The couple was then charged and later found guilty in violation of the state ’s anti-miscegenation statute. Mr. and Mrs. Loving were residents of the small town of Central point‚ Virginia. They were family friends who had dated each other since he was seventeen and she a teenager. When they learned that marriage was illegal
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Focus on Federal Rules. Due Process I think that substantive due process is more relevant to this discussion as it applies the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Substantive due process is a doctrine that requires all government intrusions into individual rights and liberties shall be fair and reasonable. Further‚ it must be to further a legitimate governmental interest. This doctrine (not law) constrains certain actions by law enforcement‚ prosecutors and judges. . Evidence Under 46
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were made on the grounds of this doctrine. This case was brought about when Homer Plessy‚ a Negro man‚ was arrested for sitting in the white section of a train in Louisiana. Plessy’s lawyer argued that segregation violated the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. The ruling stated that facilities separated by race and remained equal were constitutional. This doctrine‚ as mentioned‚ affected many cases that dealt with segregation in public education. In all but Brown v. Board of Education (1954)‚ the
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