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CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS NEED TO KNOW: Unit 6
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CIVIL LIBERTIES Chapter 5
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14 th Amendment Incorporation 14 th Amendment used to apply BoR to states Selective Incorporation Not all BoR apply Case by Case basis Due Process Clause Civil Liberties Equal Protection Clause Civil Rights
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Cases to Know - Incorporation Barron v. Baltimore BoR only applies to states Gitlow v. New York 1 st incorporation case - Speech Palko v. Connecticut Begins Selective Incorporation Near v. Minnesota Press Everson v. BOE Establishment Clause Mapp v. Ohio 4th Amendment Gideon v. Wainwright 6 th Amendment
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Freedom of Religion Establishment Clause No Govt-sponsored religion Wall-of-Separation Free-Exercise Clause Religious Practices Religion & Schools Basically, all religions allowed, but not all religious practices Ex, Polygamy, Peyote
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Freedom of Religion Cases Engel v. Vitale Lemon v. Kurtzman Reynolds v. US Oregon v. Smith Lee v. Weisman Jacobson v. Massachusetts West Virginia v. Barnette Wisconsin v. Yoder Abington v. Schempp Wallace v. Jaffree
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Freedom of Expression Speech, Press, Petition, Assembly, Association Needed in Democratic Society Symbolic Speech Preferred Position Limits not OK unless absolutely necessary “Clear-and-Present Danger” Test Libel, Obscenity, Sedition Time-place-manner restrictions Prior Restraint Stopping speech before it happens Rarely ever ok
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Freedom of Expression Cases Schenck v. US Dennis v. US Texas v. Johnson Miller v. California Roth v. US Tinker v. Des Moines Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire Hazelwood v. Kulheimer NYT v. US NYT v. Sullivan Brandenburg v. Ohio NAACP v. Alabama Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
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Rights of the Accused Due Process Substantive Due Process – Laws must be fair Procedural Due Process – Procedures must be fair 4 th Amendment No Unlawful Searches and Seizures Probable Cause, “In Plain View” Exclusionary Rule Good-Faith Exception 5 th Amendment Absolute Right to remain silent 6 th Amendment Attorney must be provided (public defender’s office) 8 th Amendment Death Penalty not “cruel and unusual” if applied fairly
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Rights of the Accused Cases Mapp v. Ohio Katz v. US California v. Acevedo US v. Leon New Jersey v. TLO Miranda v. Arizona Escobedo v. Illinois Gideon v. Wainwright Furman v. Georgia; Gregg v. Georgia
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CIVIL RIGHTS Chapter 6
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Civil Rights Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties Suspect Classifications Race – inherently suspect Gender – more than reasonable Age, wealth, etc – reasonableness 14 th Amendment – Equal Protection Clause
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Race “Separate-but-Equal” Doctrine – Jim Crow Laws The CRM in the Courts Brown v. BOE Implementing Brown – very slow – BUSING CRM Demonstrations Sit-ins, Marches The CRM in Congress Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 De Jure vs. De Facto Segregation
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Civil Rights (Race) Cases Scott v. Sanford Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Ed Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed Korematsu v. US
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Gender & LGBT Women 19 th Amendment ERA – Failure Gender Discrimination Not Strict Scrutiny like race Privacy and Abortion Right to Privacy does exist Abortion legal Can be limited if limits are reasonable LGBT DOMA Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Fight for Marriage Rights
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Civil Rights (Gender and LGBT) Cases Reed v. Reed Rostker v. Goldberg US v. Virginia Griswold v. Connecticut Roe v. Wade Webster v. Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood v. Casey Lawrence v. Texas Windsor v. US
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Affirmative Action Preferential treatment for minorities to correct past injustice Hiring & College Admissions Equality of Result vs. Equality of Opportunity Most Americans against Affirmative Action Though Polls often indicate that they are split Courts have been very contradictory Some states are banning affirmative action California Prop 209
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Affirmative Action Cases Regents of University of California v. Bakke Gratz v. Bollinger Grutter v. Bollinger Adarand Constructors v. Pena
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