POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Westboro Baptist Church, Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Michael Lynch

Document Summary

Civil liberties: basic political freedoms that protect citizens from gov"t abuses of power. Bill of rights and role in protecting civil liberties: first 10 amendments created to protect individual rights/liberties. Civil liberties and the 14th amendment: rooted in the due process protection. Civil rights and the 14th amendment: rooted in laws and the equal protection clause of the. Origins of the bill of rights: federalists added the bill of rights to appease anti-federalists. Selective incorporation and the 14th amendment: the process through which the civil liberties granted in the bill of rights were applied to the states on a case-by-case basis through the 14th amendment. Due process clause: forbids states from denying life, liberty, or property to any person without the due process of the law. Free exercise clause: part of the 1st amendment; congress cannot prohibit or interfere with the practice of religion. Establishment clause: part of the 1st amendment; congress cannot sponsor or favor any religion.