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Civil Liberties and the Struggle for Equal Rights

Freedom of Religion 1st Amendment - "Establishment Clause & Free Exercise Clause“ Establishment Clause: Relates to separation of Church and State Madison and Jefferson - "high wall of separation"

Establishment Clause: High Wall of Separation Engel v. Vitale (1962) Recital of a prayer Abington School District v. Schempp (1963) Daily Bible Readings Murray v Curlett (1963) Daily Bible Readings These constitute government sponsorship of religion

Establishment Clause: Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) Advanced a three part test: To avoid violating the Establishment Clause, a law must have a secular legislative purpose, its primary effect must neither advance nor inhibit religion, and it must avoid excessive government entanglement with religion

Free Exercise Clause: Certain religious practices may be regulated or banned The Key Question: Is there a “Compelling State Interest”?

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS Schenck vs. the U.S. (1919) “Clear and Present Danger” standard Gitlow vs. New York (1925) "Bad Tendency" doctrine Brandenburg vs. Ohio (1969) "Preferred Freedoms Test“ Texas vs. Johnson (1989) Flag burning

Unprotected Speech Obscenity Roth vs. the U.S. (1957) Based on community standards does a work of art/literature appeal to “prurient interests?” Miller vs. California (1973) Does the work lack serious “literary, artistic, political or scientific value?" Libel

4 th Amendment: Search and Seizures Mapp vs. Ohio (1961) Exclusionary Rule

5 th Amendment: Confession and Self-Incrimination Miranda vs. Arizona (1966)

6th Amendment - Right to Trial by Jury/have an Attorney Gideon vs. Wainwright (1963) The Process of “Selective Incorporation”

8 th Amendment: Cruel and Unusual Punishment Furman vs. Georgia (1972) and the Death Penalty

Right to Privacy Griswold vs. Connecticut (1965) Roe vs. Wade (1973) Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services (1989) Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania vs. Casey (1992)

THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS Educational, Economic, and Political Equality Among African Americans: Dred Scott vs. Sanford (1857) – 13th Amendment - outlawed slavery 14th Amendment - made former slaves citizens 15th Amendment - gave former slaves voting rights

Discrimination Against African Americans Jim Crow Laws Poll Taxes Literacy Tests Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) – “Separate but equal" remained the law of the land until the mid 1950's.

Discrimination Against African Americans Brown vs. Board of Education Events in the South, 1950’s – 1960’s Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965

Affirmative Action Arguments for and against