constitutional law Flashcards
Standing
In order for a plaintiff to assert their rights under the constitution, he has to prove standing and there is government action,
Standing is satisfied if plaintiff shows
(1) He had suffered injury caused by governmental action and favorable court decision will remedy the injury(redressability)
Cf The candidate will not suffer an injury until … Here, A would suffer great economic injury if forced to comply with this statute and this injury would be as a direct result of the regulation. The injury caused by such a regulation can be redressed if this statute is repealed. Cf Thus a has standing to bring suit AAO is harmed as it cannnot post its flyers in English only the city requirement directly causes its injury and a court decision in favor of AAO would remedy it
Constitutional clause Article 1 to 7
Article 1 All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress
Article 2 the executive power shall be vested in the president
Article 3 The judicial power of the US shall be vested in one supreme court and in such inferior courts as the congress ordain and establish
Article 4 1 Full faith and Credit shall be given in each state 2 the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states
Article 5 kaisei
Article 6 Supremacy Clause Article 7 Ratification
the third party standing
Third party standing generally there is no third party standing. However, a third party can bring a case on behalf of a plaintiff including
1 where the plaintiff and the third party have a close relationship like a doctor patient
2 where the plaintiff is unable to assert their own rights
3 organizational standing
Organizational standing
Organizational standing an organization may sue for its members if
1 the individual members would have standing to sue
2 the interest are related to the organization’s purpose
3 neither the claim nor relief requires participation of individual members.
moot
If events after the filing of a lawsuit end the p’s injury
the case must be dismissed as moot
however, there are some exception
1) D voluntarily ceases to take certain action but can resume the action afterward at anytime
2) there is reasonable expectation that the same complaining party will be subjected to the same action and would again be unable to resolve the issue because of the short duration of the action
ripeness
A court may only hear a case in controversy
Political question
Political question Here, the Constitution vest the power to conduct (foreign relations)to the President therefore
government action exceptin ###### doctrine ###### doctrine
In order to bring suit action based on Constitutional grounds, there must be government action. Government action is action by federal,state, or local government that government involvement is sufficient to constitute state action. #Here, State X legislature passed the law requiring’’’ public function doctrine state involvement doctrine
public function doctrine
public function doctrine if a private individual is entrusted by the state to perform function that a governmental in nature the private individual become an agent of the state an his act constitute state action Cf primary election operation of park ,prison #shopping center
state invonvement doctrine
The state may become responsible for the private party’s action because of it is heavily involved in his activities. 1 commandment, 2encouragement 3 symbiosis ( restaurant located in the complex city owns and runs) 4 entanglement or entwinement (preemptory challenge to exclude jurors on racial ground, private association of public high school) # government involvement with private conduct is so limited that no state action will be found
what is the constitutional issue related to the regulation of religious activity
Free speech clause Free exercise clause Establishment Clause
The free speech clauses
the speech of a public employee?
The first amendent of the US constitution is aplicable to the states through 14 th amendment , protects individuals free speech, freedom of religion and freedome of association
generaly, the speech of a public employee made in the course of their employment can be regulated by the government, however Employee’s speech outside the scope of their work and regarding public issues is protected.
Prior restraint
P can also argue that the # is an prior restraint on speech.(pretty
A prior restraint is any governmental action that would prevent a communication from reaching the public.
Prior restraints are generally presumed unconstitutional except
when that the restriction is narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling government interest and
certain procedural safeguards are provided to speaker
Vagueness
A law is unconstitutional on its face if a reasonable person could not tell what speech is prohibited.
Thus P likely succeed in challenging the policy on vagueness ground
Overbroad
A law is unconstitutional on its face if it prohibits protected speech
content based regulation
The regulation based on subject matter or viewpoint of speech
must meet strict scrutiny that requires government to prove that the regulation is necessary to achieve a compelling government purpose. #it is content based as the restriction is based on the subject matter or viewpoint of the speech
the means are not necessary because the state could have achieved the purpose in a less infringing way.
Content-Neutral(T )regulation
Content-Neutral(Time place and manner )regulation Regulation by controlling the time, place and manner of the speech (not subject matter or viewpoint)) are put under less srutiny because they are not limiting what the people can say but rather how and where they can say it
Content-Neutral(Time place and manner )regulation in public form or limited public forum
Content–neutral regulation of speech in public forum or limited that requires government to prove that
1 narrowly tailored to significant government interest,
2 leave open alternative channels of communication.
narrowly tailored doesn’t need to the least restrictive alternative but must be a reasonable fit between the purpose and the means
2 Content-neutral regulation of speech in non public forum
2 Content-neutral regulation of speech in non public forum is valid if it is reasonably related to legitimate government purpose. traditional public forum —-street park sidewalks
commercial speech TANSU
commercial speech TANSU
if it is truthful
will be valid
if it pass intermediate scrutiny that requires the government to prove directly
advances that interest and is
narrowly tailored to serve
substantial government interest
If it is false, the regulation is valid so long as neither overbroad nor unconstitutionaly vague.
If expression falls in a unprotected category of speech?
Governement will be able to impose content based restrictions on it as long as the regulation is not overbroad or vague .
Obscenity
Obscenity is defined as a sdescription or depiction of sexual conduct that an average person would find appeals to ther prurient interest in sex 2) portryas sex in a offensive way and does not have any serious literary artistic political or scientific value(LAPS) Prurient is material having a tendency to excite lutful thought(only provoke secsual desires)
defamation
(3)defamation, public official required to show actual malice; statement was made with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard private figure negligence by defendant the public figure cannot recover for his intentional infliction of emotional distress unless
(5)fighting word;
word might well provoke a reasonable person to whom they are addressed into physically attacking D #anger is not enough