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Incorporation, the Lack Thereof | Episode 7
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40 minutes
Released:
Aug 23, 2019
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Description
In 1842, the city of New Orleans prosecuted Father Bernard Permoli, a Catholic priest, for conducting an open casket funeral. A violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment? The Supreme Court said no: The protections in the Bill of Rights did not bind state and local governments. Then in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment is ratified, and it incorporated the Bill of Rights against the states–or did it? On this episode, the failure of incorporation after Reconstruction.
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Click here for transcript. Click here for Episode 1.
Available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Stitcher.
Released:
Aug 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (29)
All But Redacted: The Privileges or Immunities Clause | Episode 3: [Click here for Episode 1. And click here for Episode 2.] The Privileges or Immunities Clause was meant to be one of the key liberty-protecting provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Clause says: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shal... by Bound By Oath by IJ