POSC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Flag Desecration, Symbolic Speech, White Supremacy
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Chapter 15 - civil liberties: supreme court (has 9 justices, whatever they rule, will apply for the whole country, releases a ducket 80-100 cases (voluntary we should think you should rule this way Obama appointed merrick garland not confirmed by senate: anthony kennedy (reagan, ruth bader ginsburg (clinton, steven breyer (clinton, sonia sotomayor (obama , elena kagan (obama) The constitution is national document- the bill of rights only protected you from state level laws. All states have absorbed the bill of rights: civil liberties, meaning: i. Protections from the government (things that gov aren"t supposed to take from you) Can"t force you to do anything (religious) ii. i. ii: 14th amendment is the tool! Better to be an american- make you follow/absorb the constitution. Everyone in the us has equal protection (everyone"s treated equally: has 2 parts (clauses, equal protection clause -best i.
