POL SCI 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Collective Action, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
29 Apr 2016
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Privacy protection clause / states rights would not apply to unborn baby. Federalism issue (woman could not travel out of state to get an abortion) 1 (freedom of speech/religion), 4 (search and seizure), 5 (self incrimination/right to remain silent/say no), 9 (rights that are not explicitly written in the constitution are still rights) Second: the courts can regulate an abortion in ways that put the mother"s health at risk. Addressing the potentiality of life, privacy of women, health of women. Michigan passed a law banning racial consideration for deciding admissions to a public university (race blind) prop 209 in california. Bc race based admissions policies risk classifying people on the basis of race risks perpetuating a problem it attempts to solve. The whole point of the 14th amendment is to prevent laws from being passed that would damage minority communities.
