LGS 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Federal Trade Commission, Exclusionary Rule, Computer Network

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In other words, many of the limits apply to both the federal and state governments: 14th amendment: no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united. It can take form of liberal (if it is in writing) or slander (if it is oral): fighting words : these are words that are likely to incite others to violence, obscene speech: states can ban children pornography. Chapter 5: tort law, two notions serve as the basis of all torts: wrongs and compensation. Tort laws recognizes that some acts are wrong because they cause injuries to others. Punitive damages are subject to the limits of the due process clause of the us. Act (cafa) of 2005 shifted jurisdiction over cases involving large numbers of plaintiffs and large amounts of potential awards to the federal courts.