PLSC 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: First Red Scare, Ex Post Facto Law, Nationalization
16 Sep 2016
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Civil liberties: areas of personal freedom constitutionally protected from government interference. Judicial review: power to judge constitutionality of a law or government regulation. Selective incorporation: the process of incorporating states to protect the different protections in the bill of rights. All cases start out in original jurisdiction- where the incident occurred. If you don"t like decision, you can appeal and move up to the appeal court. Those on the supreme court are there for a lifetime. President and states butt heads as they fight over who is in charge of these rights and liberties. There is often conflict between the three branches as well as the battle of the national government vs state government. Writ of habeas corpus: the government cannot suspend liberties/rights except in cases of public rebellion or invasion of the public. Ex post facto laws: the government shall not punish a person for a crime if it was not a crime when it was committed.
