POS 110 Study Guide - Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fourth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Equal Protection Clause
Document Summary
Civil liberty issues: concerned with questions of the freedoms and due process provided by the bill of. Civil rights issues: concerned with questions of equal status and treatment. early 1830s. Supreme court case looks like he wins, when in fact he lost. None of the 5th amendment applies to the states. First 10 amendments were meant to apply yo the congress. Supreme court views bill of rights as applicable only to congress. When the supreme court does begin to incorporate the bill of rights to the states, it was done one at a time. All persons born or naturalized in the united states, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. Incorporation: the process through which the supreme court examines individual provisions of the bill of right and applies them against state and local officials. Getlow: member of the workers party of ny; socialists.
