May 24, 2021
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this week's episode, as part of our "Listen and Learn" series, we're talking about an important area of Constitutional Law -- the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, we take a look at procedural due process, substantive due process, and equal protection.
In this episode we discuss:
- A review of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
- The procedure for analyzing substantive due process, procedural due process, and equal protection
- The Supreme Court case Mathews v. Eldridge
- Strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny, and rational basis
- How to identify state interest
- Going through a Constitutional Law fact pattern from the July 2013 California bar exam
Resources:
- “Listen and Learn” series (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/law-school-toolbox-podcast-substantive-law-topics/#listen-learn)
- Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/424/319/)
- Examples & Explanations: Constitutional Law (https://www.amazon.com/Examples-Explanations-Constitutional-Law-Federalism/dp/1543805949)
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2013 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/gbx/July2013CBX%20SelectedAnswers%20Essay1-6_R.pdf)
- First-Hand Guide to 1L Courses – Constitutional Law (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/first-hand-guide-to-1l-courses-constitutional-law/)
- Favorite Con Law Supplement: Chemerinsky’s Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/favorite-con-law-supplement-chemerinskys-constitutional-law-principles-and-policies/)
Download the Transcript
(https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-295-listen-and-learn-due-process-and-equal-protection-con-law/)
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Alison & Lee