BIOM 121 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I John Locke II Thomas Jefferson III Sources of Law IV Administrative Law Outline of Current Lecture I US Constitution Preamble II Major Functions of the Constitution III Government IV The Process Clause V Equal Protection Clause Current Lecture I II US Constitution Preamble a We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union establish Justice insure domestic Tranquility provide for the common defense promote the general welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America Major Functions of the Constitution a Creates the 3 branches of government i Legislative 1 Power to make law ii Executive 1 Power to enforce law iii Judicial These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III IV V 1 Power to interpret law b Protects individual rights by limiting the government s ability to restrict those rights Government a Government refers to the institutions agencies processes and people that regulate and administer nation states and other internal units states The Process Clause a Substantive due process i Requires governmental laws to be clear and not overly broad the test is whether a reasonable person can understand the law b Procedural due process i Requires government to give people proper notice and proper hearing before depriving them of life liberty or property Equal Protection Clause a Strict Scrutiny Test i Applied to classifications based on race b Intermediate Scrutiny Test i Applied to classifications based on protected classes other than race c Rational Basis Test i Applied to classifications not involving a suspect or protected class
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