Explain how the Supreme Court used the due process clause to protect businesses from regulation by the federal and state governments
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Recall that the due process clause provides that no state "may deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law."
2, Identify Santa Clara Countyv.Southern Pacific Railroad(1886) as the case in which the Supreme Court held that corporations were "persons" under the Fourteenth Amendment.
3, Discuss how the Court in Santa Clara, and later in Lochnerv.New York(1905), held that labor regulations infringed on the "liberty" protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
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A. direct cuts B. direct orders C. cross-cutting requirements D. crossover sanctions E. partial preemption
In New England, local control of school policy is ______.
a. weak b. strong c. nonexistent d. unopposed
A government is performing the function of _____ when it maintains city roads
A) managing foreign relations B) providing public services C) resolving conflicts D) defending the nation E) maintaining law and order
The post-Civil War Court developed and acted upon the view that the Fourteenth Amendment
A) prohibited segregation or separate accommodation for any group. B) extended voting and property rights to women of any color. C) could help ensure the rights of child laborers and other workers. D) effectively eliminated any need for new federal regulation. E) also protected private property from state actions.