
DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services
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The 14th Amendment and the Department of Social Services
The 14th Amendment says no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. But does this mean that the government has an affirmative obligation to step in when someone's liberty is being violated? And looming over that analysis is the question of whether the state creates obligations for itself once it steps into a situation.
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