POLSCI 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Incorporation Of The Bill Of Rights, Slaughter-House Cases, Mccarthyism
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Due process: right to protections against deprivation of life, liberty, or property. Equal protections: laws passed must apply equally to everyone (federal and state) U. s. supreme court re-affirmed the barron precedent in the slaughter cases in 1873: bill of rights would be selectively incorporated in to the 14th amendment. Selective incorporation: supreme court recognizing a role for the national government to protect from the state governments. Incorporation when states have diff. standards to solve collective dilemmas. Party sorting- liberals are more likely to become democrats and conservatives are more likely to become republicans. Ethnocentrism- thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld as (cid:862)us (cid:448)s. the(cid:373)(cid:863) Selective incorporation- supreme court recognizes the national government needs to protect citizens from the states. Electoral college: 51 separate elections, winner-take-all within states, plurality vs. majority rule. Bush wins with the electoral college but gore won popular vote.
