Constitutional Law November 1, 2004

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Constitutional Law November 1, 2004

• Equal Protection Due Process
• Fundamental Rights
• Introduction
• Privacy, Marriage and Family
• Abortion Rights
• Introduction
• Roe v. Wade
• Reaction to Roe
• Casey
• Contours of Abortion Rights (Tomorrow)
• Sexual Relations
• Death and Dying
• Economic Rights

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Recap

• Gender AA (probably IS)
• Two forms of RB Test
• Deferential
• With Bite
• Fundamental Rights (EP DP)
• Burden on Right
• Level of Scrutiny
• Right of Privacy
• History
• Griswold

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3. Marriage

• As Core Component of Privacy
• Griswold
• Loving
• Zablocki applies SS under EP
• Counseling (LRA no need to ban)
• Collection (Overinc. some cant pay)
• Reasonable Restrictions
• Licensing and Other Preliminaries
• Age, Polygamy, Same Sex Marriages(?)

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4. Children

• Pierce and Meyer
• Parental Unfitness
• Abuse Neglect
• Procedural DP Rights
• Troxel
• Broad visitation w/best interest standard
• No finding of unfitness
• No weight to parental decision

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5. Family/Moore

• Zoning Excluded Household
• SS Applies (Belle Terre Distinguished)
• Purpose Reduce crowding/congestion
• Underinclusive b/c of large families
• Overinclusive in this case
• How do we define family?

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C. Abortion Rights1. Introduction

• Controversial Issue
• Implications for the Court
• Political Implications
• Two Legal Issues
• Abortion w/in Right of Privacy?
• State Interest in Life of Fetus/Child?
• Overview of Material

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2. Roe v. Wadea. Abortion as FR

• Historical Discussion
• Right of Privacy
• Precedent
• Constitutional Basis
• Broad enough to encompass abortion
• Impact of pregnancy and childbirth
• But right not absolute (SS applies)

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b. Roe and State Interests

• Purposes from History
• Trimester framework

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3. Reaction to Roe

• Criticisms
• Political Response
• Laws
• Appointments (Reagan and Bush)
• Gradual Erosion of Support
• Regulations Upheld
• Majority Increasingly Thin
• Casey as New Equilibrium?

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4. Caseya. Treatment of Roe

• Significance of Plurality
• Essential Holding
• Previability w/o undue interference
• Postviability bans OK w/ exceptions
• Legitimate interest in life
• Reaffirmation
• 1st principle
• Stare decisis

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b. The Undue Burden Test

• Origins in OConnor Concurrences
• Departure from SS
• Operation
• Substantial obstacle invalid
• Ultimate decision left to woman
• Implications for Analysis

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Moore Family
Mother/Grandmother
Son/Father
Daughter/Mother
Cousins
Grandchild 1
Grandchild 2
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Post Roe Appointments
Roe Court
Burger
Powell
Blackmun
Brennan
Douglas
Marshall
White
Rehnquist
Stewart
Kennedy
Blackmun
Souter
Stevens
Thomas
Rehnquist
Scalia
OConnor
White
Casey Court
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Post Casey Appointments
Casey Court
Kennedy
Blackmun
Souter
Stevens
Thomas
Rehnquist
Scalia
OConnor
White
Ginsburg
Breyer
Kennedy
Souter
Stevens
Thomas
Rehnquist
Scalia
OConnor
Current Court
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Casey Plurality
Pure Roe (2) Apply SS to invalidate abortion laws
Overrule Roe (4) Apply RB to uphold all abortion
laws
Reaffirm Roe (3) Apply UB to invalidate/uphold
abortion laws


Spousal Notice Invalid (5-4)
Other Provisions Valid (7-2)
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