Fours ways the U.S. Constitution has been developed since
1789
1791- Ratification of the Bill of Rights- guarantees
of civil liberties
Marshall Court- The decisions in
Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, etc. expanded the
governments Constitutional Powes
Reconstruction- the
ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments- this expanded the rights granted
under the bill of Rights
Warren and Burger Courts-
Decisions here involving civil rights, the rights of the accused, and the penumbra of
privacy
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