No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state ...
New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment protects a general right to make private contracts, and that a state may not interfere with this liberty in the name of protecting the health of the worker. The Supreme Court continued with the liberty-of-contract doctrine in Adkins v.
States Supreme Court expressly held that the exclusion of felons from voting has an affirmative sanction in Section Two of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Disenfranchising convicted felons beyond their sentence and parole does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Being convicted of a crime under California State law can impact your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms under both California and federal law. In general, a conviction for any felony offense will result in a lifetime ban on your ability to possess or own a gun.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that government cannot deprive "any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." This echoes the Fifth Amendment, which includes the same language along with protections against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and others related to ...
Prisons must also abide by the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection of the laws to all citizens.
The United States of America Constitution, Bill of Rights, Common Law, and statutes are the foundations of prisoners' rights. In addition to these rights, the Writ of habeas corpus ensures that detainees are not abused during their detention period or interrogation period.
The Supreme Court's 1984 decision in Hudson v. Palmer eliminates all fourth amendment safeguards against unreasonable searches and seizures in prison inmates' cells, thus becoming another step toward granting almost total discretion to corrections officials.