CJ 0852 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Roger B. Taney, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Due Process
17 Oct 2020
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Women also tried to claim rights, but john adams predicted: if protections were granted to women, there would be no reason to exclude anyone at all from equality. 20th century explosion of groups claiming equal treatment under the law, including. Children (right to education and health care) The civil rights movement cracked open politics for african. Americans a hundred years after the civil war. Additional groupings include those based in gender and sexuality. The main groups the government evades today includes. Criminal justice issue: most defendnts with court appointed lawyers tend to settle for guilty pleas rather than exercising their right for a trial by jury of their peers. Wealth and celebrity bring de facto additional protections: procedural protections and better attorneys. The right to be secure in their persons/houses/papers/effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Warrants needed (supported by oath/affirmation) and describing the place and person/things to be seized.
