BUS 018 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act, Equal Protection Clause, United States Constitution

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Business (BUS)
• Course: BUS 018
• Professor: Baiza

Document Summary

[not] deny any person the equal protection of the laws. : cannot treat similarly situated individuals differently, can classify people differently ex. Legislation must promote a compelling state interest and state cannot accomplish its purpose in a less intrusive manner. Applies to laws that intrude on fundamental rights ex. Applies when law classifies individuals based on suspect traits . Law must be substantially related to important government objectives. First ten amendments to the united states constitution are called the bill of rights. All apply to natural person and most apply to business entities as well. Types of speech: speech with no redeeming value, commercial speech, highly protected speech. Citizens united v. federal election commission case (2010) Unlimited spending to advocate political ideas and policies. Griswold case/ roe v. wade: federal legislation. Comparing torts and crimes: tort: legally recognized private (civil) wrong e. g. between individuals. Compensate individual for the harm physically received from another individual.