LEGALST 109 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dominick Fernow, Harvard Law Review, Misdemeanor

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LEGALST 109
• Professor: Richard Perry

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The rule of legality: first principle of american criminal law and jurisprudence, an indv. Bills of attainder and ex post facto laws: bills of attainder, legislative act that punishes indvs. Ct. ruled that this was an ex post facto law. State v. stanko: facts of the case, montana highway patrol officer kenneth breidenbach pulled stanko over for driving at. Breide(cid:374)(cid:271)a(cid:272)h a(cid:374)d the atto(cid:396)(cid:374)ey ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)al (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:374)a(cid:373)e a (cid:396)easo(cid:374)a(cid:271)le speed(cid:895: could lead to dis(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)ato(cid:396)y a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:271)ased o(cid:374) the type of (cid:272)a(cid:396), (cid:448)ehi(cid:272)le"s (cid:449)eight, et(cid:272). (cid:895, stanko was arrested later for reckless driving and actually charged. Equal protection: fourteenth amendment: equal protection clause, was rarely invoked for almost 100 yrs, three levels of scrutiny. Limits to freedom of speech: fighting words: words directed to an indv. or group of indvs. that an ordinary person is aware could cause a fight/breach of peace, chaplinsky v. new york.