POSC 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Statutory Law, Natural And Legal Rights, Social Contract
9 Feb 2017
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Abortion: protected as a right of privacy in roe v. wade, and upheld when challenged. Sexual relations among consenting adults: anti-sodomy laws in states struck down by supreme court in 2003, lawrence v. texas. Right to die: states have the authority of prevention, the supreme court has declared that you have the right to refuse medical treatment directly, through a spouse, or through a living will. 2: sugar act, stamp act, tea act, compare va plan, nj plan, ct plan, 3/5 compromise, federalist vs. anti-federalist, bill of rights, supremacy clause, enumerated powers. Implied powers: necessary and proper clause, 3 branches of government, benefits of separations of power, amendment 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, electoral college, checks and balances. 3: federalism, dual federalism, separate but equal, devolution, locke france, brown v. board of education, gibbons v. ogden, mcculah v. maryland, roe v. wade, dred scot v. stanford, plessy v. ferguson.
