Doug was a Lawyer core Flashcards

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Lochner case

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Lockean we own our bodies and our labor and can freely choose to give that to whomever

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Common law system

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uses judicial decisions Stare decisis, doctrine of precedent, judges have professional obligation to adhere to precedent
Uses inductive reasoning, decisions series are applied to a set of facts so then ruling is extrapolated

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Civil Law system

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uses deductive reasoning, identify the rule apply is to the facts and then decide

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Two types of federal jurisdiction

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plaintiff must be able to show federal question jurisdiction(must raise a question of federal law, rule by fed court

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Cert

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Supreme court has discretion to decide which cases it’ll hear

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Judicial Activism

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increasing court’s power in relation to other branches of government

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Three justifications for judicial review

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protecting civil rights and civil liberties, providing a check on the other branches of government, third legitimating government action

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Slaughterhouse cases

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court says equal protection is for black people not about business relationships

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State action doctrine

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court can’t force private individuals to not be prejudiced, emerges out of 1880s court cases testing civil rights 1875

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1964 civil rights act adjusts to state actor doctrine

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say individual actions can be regulated bc it interferes with interstate commerce

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West Coast Hotel 1937 case

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recognition of negotiating imbalance between employees and employers

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Mendez v. Westminster

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before Brown v. Board desegregation

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