Handout B: Digging into the Fourteenth Amendment

Handout B: Digging into the Fourteenth Amendment

Directions: After reading “The Fourteenth Amendment and Incorporation” essay, be prepared to discuss the following questions in class.

1. What are three important clauses in the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment?
2. Identify a time when you, someone you know, or someone in a recent news event was denied due process.
3. Can you think of a time when you, someone you know, or someone in a recent news event was denied equal protection under the law?
4. Some people refer to the Fourteenth Amendment as the “Second Bill of Rights.” Explain what they mean by this.
5. Define incorporation.
6. The Founders believed that the Bill of Rights should apply only to the federal government. Why? Do you agree or disagree with the Founders? Explain.