Chapter Six
Constitutional Law
U.S. Constitution--Organization
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Preamble
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Seven Articles
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Twenty-Seven Amendments
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Include Bill of Rights
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Basic Constitutional Principles
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Separation of Powers
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Checks and Balances
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Judicial Review
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The Bill of Rights
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First Ten Amendments
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The Incorporation Doctrine
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Relevance of 14th Amendment
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First Amendment Freedoms
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Speech
Religion
Press
Assembly
Petition
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Rights of Criminal Defendants
4th Amendment
Searches and seizures
5th Amendment
Confessions and grand
jury hearings
6th Amendment
The court process,
including the right to an
attorney and the right to
a jury trial
Bail and cruel and unjust
punishment
8th Amendment
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Sources of Civil Rights
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Due Process Clause of 14th Amendment
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Equal Protection Clause of 14th Amendment
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Congressional Legislation pursuant to Interstate
Commerce Clause
Brown v. Board of Education
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Voting Rights
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Protection through Amendments
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15th Prohibits abridging voting rights because
of race
19th Prohibits abridging voting rights because
of sex
24th Prohibits poll taxes
26th Extends right to vote to 18 year olds
Baker v. Carr: One man-one vote rule
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Privacy and Due Process
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Privacy—part of substantive due process
Some Leading cases:
 Griswold v. Connecticut
 Roe v. Wade
 Lawrence v. Texas
 Cruzan v. Director
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