Privileges and Immunities Clauses. Under the Untied States Constitution there are 2 Privileges and Immunities clauses. Article IV Privileges and Immunities provides privleges under state citizenship. Whereas the 14th amendment Privileges and Immunities provides privleges of national citizenship. Due process-substantive and procedural Due Process. Fundamental Rights Equal Protection.
Equal Protection Under the LawEqual Protection Under the Law. What is required for privileges under the equal protection clause. All citizens of the Untied State are entitled to eqal protection under the law. Sounds nice. As always, the rhetoric and the reality are not often one in the same. Is state action required?
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Civil Liberties
First Amendment Law The First Amendment of the Constitution is the source of law as it relates to the civil liberty of the American constituency that grants the right of the people to freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, government endorsement of religion, peacable assembly, and more. However, there are limits on the rights.
Right to Privacy Law The Right to Privacy was established under Penumbras of the Constitution. Abortion rights were founded under the rights of privacy as established in Griswald v. Connecticut (1965). The court later granted the right to an abortion in Roe v. Wade (1971). The right to privacy is currently a fundamental right protected by strict scrutiny. However this could change if the make up of the court shifts right.
The Power of Emminent Domain. The Power of Emminent Domain by the government is governed by the 5th Amendment takings clause under the United States Constitution. The Power of Emminent Domain: The 5th amendment Takings clause.
Due Process of Law
Due Process of Law What is due process of law mean? How does it impact me? When an individual suffers the possibilty of the loss of life, liberty, or property from the government, both Substantive & Procedutual Due Process of Law are required. Or are they?
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