by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Freedom of Press granted under the 1st Amendment? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Incorporation Doctrine of the 14th Amendment?The 14th Amendments Due Process clause is an incorporation doctrine. That is, in addition to requiring that states observe principles of due process in the execution of laws, it makes many of the provisions of...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What are the standards by which the government (through laws or actions) may infringe on individual rights?The standards of judicial review constitute the standards that a court will employ when determining whether a law infringes upon an individual’s...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Strict Scrutiny standard for Revew of a law?The Strict Scrutiny standard requires that a law affecting a fundamental right have a compelling state purpose to be constitutional. It also requires that the law be narrowly tailored to achieve the government...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the Minimum Rationality standard for Constitutional Review?This standard, also known as the Rational Basis Standard of Review, requires that a law have a rational connection to a permissible state end (a legitimate goal of the government) to be...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the rule of law?The rule of law is the orderly passage and execution of laws by a governing body.Next Article: What is Property Law & Rights Back to: INTRODUCTION TO LAW How is the rule of law carried out? In the United States, a representative democracy,...
