Tuesday, February 13, 2007

constitutional law checklist

o Takings

o taking?

§ per se taking: physical occupation by govt

§ regulatory taking: deprives land of all economically viable uses

· social goals

· diminution in value

· owners reasonable property exepectiations

o public use?

o no taking, no comp req’d

o Procedural due process

o deprivation of life liberty or property interest.

§ property: deprivation occurs where there is an entitlement to property that is not fulfilled. reasonable expectation to continued receipt of a benefit

§ liberty: deprivation of a significant freedom provided by the constitution

o fair hearing: balance the

§ importance of the interest to the individual

§ whether further proceedings will increase accuracy and fact finding.

§ govt’s interest in cost and efficiency

o Substantive due process

o RBR

o SS

o EPC: law unconstitutionally discriminates among those similarly situated

o law does not discriminate on its face, then show discriminatory effect with discriminatory intent

o RBR:

o IS:

§ gender/illegitimacy

o SS:

§ fundamental right or

§ suspect class: race/national origin

· discreet insular minorities

· widespread discrim

· political powerlessness

· immutable characteristics

o Supremacy clause

o federal law directly on point

o federal law fully occupies the area

o state law obstructs the federal objective

o DCC

o congress’s enumerated powers to regulate interstate commerce

o state: 10th amendment, powers not reserved to another branch are given to the states. states may regulate to promote the health, welfare, safety, and morals of its citizens

§ regulation may not discriminate against out of state commerce or unduly burden interstate commerce

· nondiscriminatory regulation? then must not unduly burden

o nondiscriminatory regulation on instrumentality, channel, or activities that in their aggregate have a substantial effect on interstate commerce

o Burden on i/c must outweigh state interest

· discriminatory regulation?

o S/S: no alt means of promoting health, safety, welfare/morals

o market participant exception

o priv and immunities if it affects the pursuit of liberty

o freedom of speech

o Conduct: free speech is not implicated

o Conduct that communicates/free speech implicated

§ Content neutral: no more restrictive than necessary to achieve and important state interest

§ Content specific

· Necessary to achieve a compelling interest unless unprotected speech

o commercial speech that is unlawful/fraudulent may be regulated

o incitement:

§ likely to cause imminent harm

§ intended to cause imminent harm

o obscene or sexually explicit

§ appeals to prurient interest (contemp community standard)

§ portrays ex in a patently offensive manner (contemp community standard)

§ lacks literary, artistic, political scientific value (national reas person standard)

§ Does the statute regulate the Time, Place, Manner of speech?

· public/designated public forum:

o content neutral, narrowly tailored to serve an important government purpose and leave open adeuate alternative channels of communication (I/S)

o content specific: see above: S/S unless unprotected

· non-public forum/private property unless serving public function (company town)

o must be viewpoint neutral

o rbr: reasonably related to legit govt interest.

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