This will be the last principal covered. Hopefully these principals have helped you understand the case a bit better and why the court made the decisions they did. On to Individual Rights!
Individual Rights are limitations that have been created to protect a citizen’s liberties. An example of this would be the first 10 Amendments more commonly know as the Bill of Rights. Each amendment spells out a liberty that is given to the citizens of the United States. While the 14th Amendment is not part of the Bill of Rights, the Supreme Court made sure Ford’s right to due process was upheld when they heard his case. They also made sure his 8th Amendment right was upheld when they took him off Death Row because he was not deemed competent enough to undergo the execution.
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