{"id":137,"date":"2013-09-02T06:03:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T06:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendanconley.com\/barexam\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2015-06-26T22:55:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T02:55:40","slug":"constitutional-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/con-law\/constitutional-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Law Big Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Constitutional Law Threshold Issue State Actor Requirement (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This diagram is a “big picture” flowchart for analyzing Constitutional law issues. These can be printed out on 11 x 17″ sheets of paper. We start with the threshold issue of whether there is a state (government) actor. The Constitution only protects against government action, with the exception of the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition on slavery.<\/p>\n

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Constitutional Law Step One: Justiciability (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the threshold issue, we begin with Step One: Justiciability. Can the plaintiff get in the courthouse door? This depends on several considerations. The plaintiff must present a real case or controversy and must have standing. The case must be ripe for review and not moot. The federal courts must have jurisdiction, the case must not be one that calls for federal abstention, and must not concern a “political question.”<\/p>\n

When a plaintiff sues in state court, the rules for justiciability do not apply, and a state court may rule on both state law and federal law, including Constitutional issues. A defendant may remove the case to federal court only if the plaintiff could have sued in federal court.\u00a0 For the U.S. Supreme Court, the rules of justiciability apply, and the Supreme Court must have original jurisdiction, or jurisdiction by certiorari or by appeal.<\/p>\n

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Constitutional Law Step Two: Powers of Challenged Party (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Step Two, we consider whether the challenged party has exceeded its powers. This depends on whether the challenged party is the federal executive, federal legislature, a state government or branch thereof, or a private party.<\/p>\n

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In Step Three we examine individual rights and the Constitutional sources of protection of those rights.<\/p>\n

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Constitutional Law Step Three: Individual Rights 1 (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Constitutional Law Step Three: Individual Rights 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Constitutional Law Threshold Issue State Actor Requirement pdf<\/a>
\nConstitutional Law Step One Justiciability pdf<\/a>
\nConstitutional Law Step Two Powers of Challenged Party pdf<\/a>
\nConstitutional Law Step Three Individual Rights pdf<\/a>
\nBill of Rights and Reconstruction Amendments pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This diagram is a “big picture” flowchart for analyzing Constitutional law issues. These can be printed out on 11 x 17″ sheets of paper. We start with the threshold issue of whether there is a state (government) actor. The Constitution only protects against government action, with the exception of the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition on slavery. … Continue reading Constitutional Law Big Picture<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3RHAF-2d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/593"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendanconley.com\/barexam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}