GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Slaughter-House Cases, Civil Liberties, Negative Liberty
12 Jun 2016
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Becoming the land of the free : the development of civil liberties in the us. American exceptionalism is both good and bad: gun ownership school shootings, free speech kkk, hate speech, campaign money (citizens united "10) It"s a negative freedom: compels government to refrain from action, to be left alone in the private sphere. Origins: anti-federalists, bill of rights in the constitution. Court cases increased the number of civil liberties. Barron v baltimore 1833: dual citizenship under dual federalism state determines civil liberties . 14th amendment: national liberty > state liberty. Slaughterhouse cases 1873: promoted dual citizenship interpretation in the 14th amendment. 5th: eminent domain (government can"t take property away from you) 8th: no cruel/unusual punishment, excessive bail, excessive fines. Speech: preferred position : freedom of speech, press, and religion are fundamental human rights that have prerogative, buckley v valeo 1976, citizens united v fec 2010, mccutcheon v fec 2014.
