CAS PH 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Rational Basis Review, Fetus, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
21 Mar 2019
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Killing and letting die: caruzan: woman was on life support. Civics stuff: rights + laws, 2 powers: state and federal(supreme) If you appeal from state court you need to: u. s. supreme court: 2 justifications rational basis: no fundamental right, rational basis(does the state have interest) Strict scrutiny: 1. if there is compelling state interest 2. narrowly tailored: philosophical basis: inherent to concepts like justice or liberty. Abortion: roe vs wade, about: woman who wanted abortion and wasn"t allowed to in texas because if the mothers lives were not threatened by the pregnancy then they couldn"t get an abortion. Goes to court-: state upholds their law, to discourage illicit sexual conduct, protect woman from dangerous medical procedures: not upheld in supreme court since in first trimester its safe. The case was was unusual because the baby was delivered but this discussion was bigger: protect the life of fetus: upheld in supreme court because.
