117: Listen and Learn -- Due Process and Equal Protection (Con Law)

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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Alison & Lee