Equal Protection: Crash Course Government and Politics #29
Today, Craig is going to talk about the most important part of the Constitution - the Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, we're going to discuss the "equal protection" clause and how it relates...
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Hi I’m Craig and this is Crash Course Government and Politics, and today we’re going to finally get into why many people, including me, think that the Fourteenth Amendment is the most important part of the Constitution. At the same time, we will attempt – successfully, I hope – to unravel the difference between civil liberties and civil rights, and also try to figure out how the Supreme Court actually looks at civil rights and civil liberties cases. So that’s a lot. Let’s get this out of the way because we're not gonna have time later. Let's get started. [Theme Music] So we’ve been talking a lot in the past few episodes about civil liberties, the protections that citizens have against the government interfering in their lives. Civi...
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Hi I’m Craig and this is Crash Course Government and Politics, and today we’re going to finally get into why many people, including me, think that the Fourteenth Amendment is the most important part of the Constitution. At the same time, we will attempt – successfully, I hope – to unravel the difference between civil liberties and civil rights, and also try to figure out how the Supreme Court actually looks at civil rights and civil liberties cases. So that’s a lot. Let’s get this out of the way because we're not gonna have time later. Let's get started. [Theme Music] So we’ve been talking a lot in the past few episodes about civil liberties, the protections that citizens have against the government interfering in their lives. Civi...
