3/11/08
PIGs don't represent all of a group, just a select few that can afford to give up time and effort for the cause
issue formal comments on rules and regulations
neither individual or community has a claim to superiority in our system
courts used to stay out of intrastate affairs
changed in 1950's
supreme court created to be immune to popular pressures
Barron v Baltimore - 1833 - court made it clear that amendments 1-8 did not apply to states, couldn't be sued for violating the 5th amendment
West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette 1943 - refused to salute flag based on religious grounds, turned into freedom of speech case, nobody can be forced to salute american flag, symbolic speech (not necessarily spoken)
due process clause - 5th amendment for national, 14th amendment for states - usual and expected procedures of law needed to operate
gradual change culminated in Gitlow v New York 1925 - arrested and convicted of advocating the violent overthrow of the government
incorporation - expanding the definition of due process to include the bill or rights
exclusionary rule - can't use illegally obtained evidence