By Matt Taibbi
A brilliantly illuminating and darkly comedian story of the continuing monetary and political difficulty in America
The monetary predicament that exploded in 2008 isn’t prior yet prologue. The grifter class—made up of the most important avid gamers within the monetary and the politicians who do their bidding—has been transforming into in energy, and the concern used to be just one terrifying manifestation of the way they’ve hijacked America’s political and monetary life.
Matt Taibbi has mixed deep assets, trailblazing reportage, and provocative research to create the main lucid, emotionally galvanizing account but written of this ongoing American quandary. He deals clean reporting at the backroom bargains of the bailout; tells the tale of Goldman Sachs, the “vampire squid wrapped round the face of humanity”; and uncovers the hidden commodities bubble that transferred billions of bucks to Wall highway whereas growing meals shortages round the world.
This is key interpreting for somebody who desires to comprehend the labyrinthine internal workings of this state, and the profound effects for us all.
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But the Bill of Rights does not directly apply to the states. However, the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause (which does apply to the states) has been interpreted to make nearly all of the Bill of Rights guarantees THE 14TH AMENDMENT GENERALLY C-23 applicable to the states - these individual guarantees are "incorporated" into the Bill of Rights. "Incorporation" is discussed further below. II. THE 14TH AMENDMENT GENERALLY A. Text of 14th Amendment: Section 1 of the 14th Amendment provides, in full, that: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction hereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Before we get into the individual rights, there are two general principles that are crucial to remember: [145-146] 1. Protected against the government: First, practically all of the individual rights conferred by the Constitution upon individuals protect only against government action. They do not protect a per son against acts by other private individuals. (Example: Suppose P is a woman who's two months pregnant, and none of the private hospitals in her state will perform an abortion. ) Note: The only exception to the"government action only" rule is the Thirteenth Amendment's ban on slavery, which 2.
