Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Warm-Up - Fri. 5/5 & Mon. 5/8 Study for quiz

Agenda - Fri. 5/5 & Mon. 5/8 Judiciary Quiz #2 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Review for Test Next class!

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Civil Liberties - protections against government actions Civil Rights - positive actions of government; the government creates equal conditions for all Americans Crash Course

More about Civil Liberties Think about specific protections under the Bill of Rights The First Amendment guarantees citizens the right to practice whatever religion they please But it’s important to note that sometimes these rights/liberties may be limited in the interest of the greater public good So, the government cannot interfere in an individual’s freedom of worship Amendments 1-10 give individuals “liberties” from the actions of the government

More about Civil Rights Term associated with the protection of minority groups Based on discrimination from race, gender, or other minority status Big question of today is how far should the government go to take this “positive action” to protect minorities Sometimes protecting one person’s right may involve violating those of another

Civil Liberties Cases Tinker v. Des Moines Texas v. Johnson Engel v. Vitale Mapp v. Ohio Gideon v. Wainwright Miranda v. Arizona Gregg v. Georgia

Civil Rights Cases Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education Loving v. Virginia