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This course pro­vides a his­tor­i­cal overview of the re­la­tion­ship of the states of the Bill of Rights, and how the Supreme Court has in­ter­preted the pow­ers of the fed­eral gov­ern­ment. The ef­fect of the due process clause of the Four­teenth Amend­ment on the ap­pli­ca­tion of the Bill of Rights to the states is ex­am­ined through a study of the lead­ing Supreme Court de­ci­sions re­lated to crim­i­nal jus­tice. Top­ics in­clude char­ac­ter­is­tics and pow­ers of the three branches of gov­ern­ment, the prin­ci­ples gov­ern­ing the op­er­a­tion of the Bill of Rights, and the vari­ables af­fect­ing the for­mu­la­tion of ju­di­cial pol­icy.

This course provides a historical overview of the relationship of the states of the Bill of Rights, and how the Supreme Court has interpreted the powers of the federal government. The effect of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment on the application of the Bill of Rights to the states is examined through a study of the leading Supreme Court decisions related to criminal justice. Topics include characteristics and powers of the three branches of government, the principles governing the operation of the Bill of Rights, and the variables affecting the formulation of judicial policy.