POLI 2342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Excessive Bail Clause
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English Bill of Rights ā¢
glorious revolution!ā¦
removed one king and peacefully removed another!ā£
identify the wrongs of the crown, what free people should watch out for!ā¦
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lesson on how despotisms arise and how to ļ¬ght them!ā¢
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ļ¬lled with ideas and principles that would be familiar in the constitution !ā¢
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reference to prerogative!ā¢
staging arms in times of peace!ā¦
manipulating judicial system!ā¦
excessive bail!ā¦
cruel and illegal punishments!ā¦
leving money for purposes not prescribed by Congress!ā¦
discriminating against protestants!ā¦
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preventing the king from suspending the law!ā¢
spending money not authorized -> modern precedents!ā¦
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the Bill of Rights established the fact that the people can settle the crown on someone other ā¢
than the heir!
this provision is a way of making the executive safe!ā¦
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every government needs an executive, needs someone to be able to replace him!ā¢
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explain why its necessary for people to determine succession in this way!ā¢
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in addition to protests, it asserts the right to choose the executive!ā¢
choose someone of the masses choosing!ā¦
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foreshadowing Locke's second treatise!ā¢
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Massachusetts Body of Liberty!
took the court 3 years to decide on this!ā¢
had entire thing read once a year!ā¦
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written by Reverend John Norton!ā¢
collection of arrangements on how the government should work and what standards it ā¦
should be held to!
no man's life may be taken unless under the law -> barrier to arbitrary rule!ā£
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if the king might indulge in arbitrary law, others might too!ā¢
it is best to guard against this !ā¦
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any inhabitant enjoys the same law!ā¢
town is not open to everyone!ā¦
but it is a part!ā£
sailors hanging in foreign ports!ā£