GBL 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Embezzlement, Equal Protection Clause, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
20 Mar 2017
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Boston bombing- committed crimes at both the state and federal level. Both could prosecute them, only ended up prosecuting through federal jurisdiction- death penalty. 8th amendment: excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive nes imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments in icted. The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. The right to privacy: only used in about 3 federal cases, griswold v. connecticut (1965) contraceptives, eisenstadt v. baird (1972) The bill of rights are restrictions on the federal government. 14th amendment: section 1, 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. This is the equal protection clause of the constitution: pressy v. ferguson 1896- serrate but equal was ok, brown v. board of education 1954- separate but equal was no longer ok.
