POLS 1336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Dual Federalism, Imminent Lawless Action

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1336
• Professor: Tedin Kent

Document Summary

House of representatives their written declaration that the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his o ce, the vice president shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the o ce as acting president. Civil liberties the personal rights and freedoms that the federal government can"t abridge, either by law, constitution, or judicial interpretation > what is meant by republic. These are limitations on the power of government to restrain or dictate how government can act towards citizens. When the bill of rights was rati ed, the consensus was that it protected citizens from having their civil liberties violated by the states. The supreme court rea rms that the bill of rights applies only to the national government, and not to the states. What is forbidden of the federal government is not forbidden in the states. Bill of rights was designed to limit the power of the national government.