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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What is meant by the council-manager plan?
A. a form of local government in which the voters directly elect the city council and the mayor B. a city "constitution" that outlines the structure of city government, defines the authority of the various officials, and provides for their selection C. a gradual change in property ownership with wealthier people buying property and moving into neighborhoods, leading to the revitalization of the area D. a form of local government in which the city council hires a professional administrator to manage city affairs E. a form of local government in which the members of the city council select the mayor, who then shares power with other elected or appointed boards and commissions
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbia's gun restrictions did not violate the Second Amendment of the Constitution
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