GOVT 1313 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Slaughter-House Cases, First Amendment To The United States Constitution
14 Nov 2016
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Chapter 4: the constitutional framework and the individual. Constitutional framework and the individual: civil liberties and civil rights. First congress (april 1789)-most important item of business was consideration of a. Hamilton and federalists argue that bill or rights is irrelevant in a constitution providing proposal to add a bill of rights to the constitution. Proposed by virginian george mason the national government with only delegated powers. 10th amendment-understanding that that all powers not delegated to the national government or explicitly prohibited from states were reserved for the states. House adopts seventeen amendments;senate adopts 12 of these. Ten amendments were ratified by states on december 15, 1791. Bill of rights divided into two categories: Civil liberties - protection of citizens from improper governmental actions. Substantive- putting limits on what the government shall and shall not have the power to do. Procedural- dealing with dealing with how the government is supposed to act.
