POLSCI 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Equal Protection Clause, Originalism

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 111
• Professor: Arthur Lupia

Document Summary

Financial power of national gov. t: grants, contracts, transfers, highway funding, education funds, unfunded mandates. Restraining the gov. t from interfering (due process) freedom of religion, speech, press, and association: rights. Empowering the government to guarantee equality (equal protection) to engage in activity of citizenship (i. e. voti(cid:374)g, agai(cid:374)st discri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374), defe(cid:374)da(cid:374)ts" rights(cid:895) Selective incorporation: on a case-by-case basis, the supreme court began recognizing a role for national government to protect citizens from state government. Incorporation could be used as a solution to coordination problems.