POL 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Establishment Clause, Due Process
28 Sep 2016
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Bill of rights: first 10 amendments to the constitution. Civil liberties: individual rights with personal freedoms with which governments may not interfere. Equal rights: protection of citizen equality provided by the government. Due process of law: the right of every citizen to be protected against arbitrary action by national or state governments. Barron v. baltimore: bill of rights applies to national government and not to states. Selective incorporation: process by which different protections in the bill of rights were incorporated or applied to the states using the 14th amendment. Establishment clause: congress shall make no law respecting establishment of religion. Free exercise clause: congress shall make no law prohibiting free exercise of religion. Clear and present danger: supreme court refused to protect the speech rights of the defendants on the grounds that their activities were a danger to national security.
