GVPT 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Employment Act 1990, Free Exercise Clause, Sixth Amendment To The United States Constitution
17 Oct 2016
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Republicans then tried to appeal to the conservative south: nixon, goldwater. 2015: obegefell v. hodges (same sex marriage) Listing rights would giver federal government power to restrict rights. Amendments are not clear cut: establishment clause (1st amendement, cruel and unusual punishment (8th amendment, 1st v. 6th amendment. Bill of rights: limit majority, protected majority, rights cannot be easily overturned. History of civil rights: majority control policy, barron v. baltimore. Citizens quarrel with states not federal government. Process of incorporation: inclusion of bill of rights, 14th amendment application to the states. Consequences: altered balance and power between states and government, expanded protection offered by the bill of rights. Incorporation occurred through judicial interpretation: judicial interpretation varies. Gitlow case: applied rst amendment freedom of speech clause to the states. Scotus has issues de ning it: 1957: obscene if it is without social importance. Victory for libertarians: 1970: scotus gives obscenity responsibility to the states.
