POL S 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: National Firearms Act, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Thirteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
11 Nov 2016
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14th- states could not make laws which abridge the rights of citizens or deprive them of life, liberty, or property without due process, nor deny equal protection of the law. 15th- prevented states from discriminating against blacks in the right to vote. Vast expansion of federal government, federal bureaucracy, and federal authority in nearly all aspects of american life. Economic affairs, labor relations, business practices, agriculture, poverty, unemployment, old age, health care, transportation, public works, utilities, etc. The bill of rights and the states. Started to apply to states end of 19th century. Can"t say bad things about the government. All of the things that will combat terror. Allowed government to have more authority over what americans are doing. Search warrant was the legal way to do it, but patriot act changed the rule. We can have laws against certain kind of speech if it is going to lead to some sort of danger or disaster.
