Due Process of Law

1. Due Process of Law

2. Due Process • The 5th &14th amendment states people cannot be deprived of “life, liberty, or property without due process of law” • The government must act fairly and comply with established rules

4. Important Amendments….

5. 14th Amendment • Approved 1868, the courts extended the protections of the Bill of Rights against the states • The Rights of Citizens: guaranteed due process for all citizens (all people born in the US) • Denied states the power to enforce laws that deprive citizens “equal protection of the laws”

6. 13th Amendment • Added 1865, ending over 200 yrs of slavery • “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” • Before states could decide whether they allowed slavery now the National Govt would not allow it to any state. • Congress now has the power to enforce the law

7. 15th Amendment • Ratified in 1870 • Prohibits any government in the US from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that the citizen’s “Race, color, or previous condition of servitude” • Congress now has the power to enforce the law

8. 19th Amendment • Ratified in 1920 • Prohibits any government in the US from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that the citizen’s sex • Congress now hasthe power to enforce the law

9. 26thAmendment • Passed in 1971 • Standardized the voting age to 18. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War

10. 14th Amendment 15th Amendment 13th Amendment 19th Amendment 26th Amendment 16th Amendment