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Carolene Products Footnote Four  

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  • Footnote four of United States v. Carolene Products Company , 304 U.S. 144 (1938), presages a shift in the Supreme Court from predominately protecting property rights to protecting other individual rights, such as those found in the First Amendment. It is arguably the most important footnote in U.S. constitutional law. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Carolene Products Footnote Four]

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