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Bill of Rights

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  1. 1-10 Amendments
  2. limits federal power
  3. 14th A DPC applies to almost all provisions of BR
    • except 5th A prohibition of criminal trials without a grand jury indictment
    • except 7th A right to a jury trial in civil cases
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13th Amendment

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  1. prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude

2. “Enabling Clause”- congress can prohibit racially discriminatory action by anyone (gov, private)

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14th Amendment DPC

DPC and EPC exist

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  1. prevents states from depriving person of life, liberty, property, without DP and equal protection of law
  2. section 5- gives congress power to adopt legis to enforce rights and guarantees above
    • can’t expand/create new rights
    • must prevent/remedy current vio of rights
    • congress must point to pattern of state vio and adopt law narrowly tailored to solve vio
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15th Amendment

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prevents state/fed from denying citizen right to vote on race/color

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Amendments and private conduct

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  1. private conduct generally not prohibited, unless state action involved
  2. purely private conduct may be prohibited on commerce clause, interp broadly
    - may prohibit private racial discrim in activities with substantial effect of IC
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To apply constitution:

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  1. state must be involved
    • can be a private indiv performing exclusive public function
    • can be a private indiv having significant state involvement
  2. activities so traditionally exclusive of state
  3. if state affirmatively facilitates, encourages, or auth acts of discrim by its citizens
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Contract clause, what is it?

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  1. limits states enacting laws to retroactively impair k rights
    • no comparable federal clause but would vio 5th DPC
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Contract clause, scrutiny?

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  1. private k- INTERMEDIATE
    • state legis that substantially impairs existing k must:
    • serve an important and legit public interest
    • reasonably and narroly tailored to promte that interest
  2. public k- STRICT
    • state is a party
    • same test by stricter scrutiny
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Ex post facto laws

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laws can’t retroactively alter criminal offenses or punishments in a substantially prejudicial manner for punishing a person for past activity, if it:

  1. makes criminal an act that was innocent when done
  2. gives greater punishment for an act than was given when the act was done
  3. reduces the ev required to convict than when it was committed
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Bill of attaineder

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punishment without a judicial trial, not allowed

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Retroactive laws

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C1. cannot vio contracts, ex post facto, bill of attainder

  1. must pass DPC
  2. if law does not relate to fundamental right, need only be rationally related to legit gov interest
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DPC

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  1. notice and hearing req for gov agency to take life, liberty, prop.
  2. only intentional deprivation vio DPC
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Liberty, Property

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  1. liberty- loss in significant freedom of action or is denied a freedom provided by the constitution or statute
  2. prop- abstract need or expectation is enough; legit claim or entitlement under state/fed law.
    • continued attendance at public school, welfare benefits, sometimes gov employment
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How to determine the type of DP required:

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  1. importance of the interest to the individual
  2. value of specific procedural safeguards to that interest
  3. V. gov interest in fiscal and admin efficiency
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Can you waive DP rights?

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Yes, if waiver is voluntary and made knowingly

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Access to courts- indigent

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gov fees must be waived if fee would deny fundamental right to indigent
- marriage license, divorce filing fee

does not apply to non fundamental rights (bankruptcy discharge, review of welfare termination)

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Type DP required:

commitment to mental institute

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adults- prior notice, prior evidentiary hearing (unless emergency)
children- prior screening by neutral fact finder

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Type DP required:

welfare benefits

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prior notice and prior evidentiary hearing

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Type DP required:

disability benefits

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prior notice, opp to respond, subsequent evidentiary hearing

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Type DP required:

public employment tenured or term for cause

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prior notice, opp to respond, subsequent evidentiary hearing

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Type DP required:

public edu , disciplinary or dismissal

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prior notice, opp to respond, no formal evidentiary hearing req

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Type DP required:

license suspendsion

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prior evidentiary hearing, except breathalyzer suspension statutes

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Type DP required:

Termination of parent’s custody rights

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prior notice and prior evidentiary hearing

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Type DP required:

civil forfeitures

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real property- prior notice and prior evidentiary hearing

personal prop- subsequent notice and hearing

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Type DP required:

detention of citizen enemy combatants

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subsequent notice and meaningful opp to contest factual basis for detention before a neutral decisionmaker

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5th Amendment

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“Takings Clause”
private prop may not be taken for public use without just comp
- includes gov action of damage or impairing prop use

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Takings clause

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5th Amendment

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Takings clause exceptions:

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  1. public use- when gov action is rationally related to a legit public purpose
    • health, safety, econ, welfare, aesthetic
    • redound to public advantage (railroad, utilities)
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Taking v. Regulation

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Taking- just compensation
Regulation- not req compensation

  1. actual/physical appropriation = taking
    temp/physical invasion may = taking, except emergency
  2. use restrictions
    a. denies all econ value of land = taking
    b. temp denial of all econ value = court will weigh circum, planner’s GF, reasonable expectation of owners, length of delay, affect on value of prop, fairness and justice
    c. decrease econ value does not = taking if viable use left; court will weigh social goal being promoted, value lost, whether regulation substantially interferes with distinct expectations of owner
    d. condition permits on convey title or easement = taking unless gov shoes condition relates to legit gov interest and adverse impact of development is proportional to loss caused to owner from forced transfer
    -deny permit may = taking
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What is just compensation?

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Taking = just compensation

  1. pay owner FMV at time of taking, based on loss to owner
  2. terminate the regulation, pay owner damages
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Substantive DP and equal protection both:

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both require court to review substance of law rather than procedures

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Substantive DP applies when:

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If law limits liberty of ALL persons engaged in some activity

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If law limits liberty of ALLvpersons engaged in some activity

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substantive DP applies

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Equal protection applies when:

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  1. limited to state action
  2. law treats SOME person or class of persons differently from OTHERS

class of one- in prop regulation, can use EPC for arbitrary treatment against an individual

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law treats SOME person or class of persons differently from OTHERS

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equal protection applies

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Strict Scrutiny

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Regulations affect:

  1. fundamental rights (interstate travel, privacy, voting, 1st A)
  2. involving suspect class (race, national origin, state level alienage)

upheld, if necessary to achieve compelling gov purpose
no less burdensome alternative
BOP on gov (laws often invalid)

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Intermediate Scruitny

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Regulations involving:
1. quasi-suspect class (gender, legitimacy (marital/non), fed level alienage)

upheld, if substantially related to important gov purpose (not arbitrary, not unreasonable)
BOP on gov (sometimes other)

gender based usually invalid

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Rational Basis

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Regulations that don’t affect fundamental rights, suspect, or quasi-suspect classes (age, disability, poverty, alienage/participation on state level processes, limiting non-elective offices- police, school teachers)

upheld, if rationally related to legit gov purpose
BOP on challenger (laws often valid, unless arbitrary or irrational)

can not deny alien children free public edu

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2 clauses for DP

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5th A- DP applies to fed gov
14th A- DP applies to state and local gov

same test

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DPC test for both:

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same under 5th A and 14th A

  1. when a fundamental right is limited, the law/action is evaluated under STRICT
  2. all other cases= RATIONAL

regulation that fails to give fair notice of forbidden/req conduct vio DPC

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14th Amendment (EPC) standards

DPC and EPC exist

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  1. when a fundamental right or suspect class involved = STRICT
  2. quasi-suspect class = INTERMEDIATE
  3. not fundamental, suspect, quasi = RATIONAL
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14th Amendment (EPC) test

DPC and EPC exist

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STRICT/INTERMEDIATE

  1. intent on the part of the gov to discriminate, shown by:
    • law is discrim on its face
    • discrim application of a facially neutral law
    • discriminatory motive behind law

effect alone not enough, must show motive or ev of history of discrimination

  • affirmative action = STRICT (remedying past discrimination, narrowly tailored)
    • does not include diversity in public ed
  • can’t draw up voting districts based on race unless narrowly tailored to serve compelling gov interest
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Right of privacy, examples:

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(fundamental rights) STRICT
right to vote
marriage
sexual relations (no scrutiny, lack of legit state interest)
abortion
childrearing (care, custody, control)
read obscene material (not child porn, not sell, buy, transport)
zoning regulations that prevent extended family together

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Fundamental rights, examples:

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(right of privacy) STRICT
right to vote
marriage
sexual relations (no scrutiny, lack of legit state interest)
abortion
childrearing (care, custody, control)
read obscene material (not child porn, not sell, buy, transport)
zoning regulations that prevent extended family together

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Abortion, analyze

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interest to protect mom and fetus

  1. pre-viability (can’t survive outside)- state may adopt regulation protecting mom’s health and fetus life
    • can’t place undue burden or subst obstacle to right
  2. post-viability- state can’t prohibit abortion if necessary to protect woman’s health/safety
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Restrictions on right to vote

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  1. residency req- reasonable time periods for state residency are valid, congress may override in presidential election
  2. can’t condition right to vote/hold office on ownership property
  3. poll tax- no
  4. states may req early registration to vote in primary
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Congressional election lines

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states- must use exact math equality to create districts

congress- GF when it apportions reps among states

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State and local elections

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variance in number of persons included within districts cannot exceed a few percent
- except when elected at large

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One person, one vote

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when any level of gov decides to select reps to gov body by election from individual districts
- does not apply to special interest in community (water storage district)

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Gerrymandering

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race and suspect classes can’t be predominant factor in drawing voting district boundaries (STRICT)

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Right to travel

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fundamental right to move states
- restrictions on right do not necessarily impair right (penalty for father abandonment is valid)

invalid:
1 yr to full welfare benefits
1 yr to state subsidized medical care
1 yr to vote in state

valid:
30 days to vote in state
1 yr to divorce

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Right to international travel

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not fundamental, RATIONAL BASIS

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