Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this week's episode, as part of our "Listen and Learn" series, we're talking about an important area of Constitutional Law -- the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, we take a look at procedural due process, substantive due process, and equal protection.
In this episode, we discuss:
- A review of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
- The procedure for analyzing substantive due process, procedural due process, and equal protection
- The Supreme Court case Mathews v. Eldridge
- Strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny, and rational basis
- How to identify state interest
- Going through a Constitutional Law fact pattern from the July 2013 California bar exam
Resources:
- Bar Exam Workshops and Tools (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-workshops-and-courses/)
- Examples & Explanations: Constitutional Law (https://www.amazon.com/Examples-Explanations-Constitutional-Law-Federalism/dp/1543805949)
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2013 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/gbx/July2013CBX%20SelectedAnswers%20Essay1-6_R.pdf)
- Podcast Episode 44: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Constitutional Law (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-44-tackling-a-california-bar-exam-essay-constitutional-law/)
- Podcast Episode 76: Tackling an MEE Con Law Essay Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-76-tackling-an-mee-con-law-essay-question/)
- Podcast Episode 108: Listen and Learn – The Commerce Clause (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-108-listen-and-learn-the-commerce-clause/)
- Podcast Episode 110: Listen and Learn – The Basics of Justiciability (Con Law) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-110-listen-and-learn-the-basics-of-justiciability-con-law/)
- How to Approach Constitutional Law MBE Questions (https://barexamtoolbox.com/how-to-approach-constitutional-law-mbe-questions/)
Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-117-listen-and-learn-due-process-and-equal-protection-con-law/)
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Thanks for listening!
Alison & Lee