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Civil Liberties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are civil liberties? | they are legal and constitutional rights. |
| Civil rights? | they are policies that protect people from discriminatory treament. |
| 1st admendment | the first admendment states that Congress shall make no law that avors one religion |
| 2nd admendment | the right to bear arms |
| 3rd admendment | soldiers may not be quartered in any house without consent of the owner or in the time of war |
| 4th admendment | the right to privacy |
| 5th admendment | people will not be trialed for he same crime again. it is also known as double jeopardy. |
| 6th admendment | the right to a speedy and fair trial |
| 7th admendment | trial by jury in common law cases |
| 8th admendment | no cruel and unusal punishment |
| 9th admendment | right retained by people |
| 10th admendment | right reserved to the states |
| Gitlow vs. New York | he was arrested but said it was freedom of speech |
| Barrn vs. Baltimore | cannot stop enforcement on state laws that restricted right in the bill of rights. |
| Establishment Clause | People have the freeedom of religion |
| Engel vs. Vitale | engel argued that the prayer said in the morning of the school was violation of the Establishment clause |
| Lemon vs. Kurtzman | the lemon test was brought about by this and it is to prevent government from favoring one religion financially |
| Reynolds vs. the United States | Ryenolds lost because he had two wives and it was not supported by the Free Exrcise Clause |
| Charles Schenk | he is the general secretary for the American Socialist Party. her sent leaflets to houses to tell men not to sign up for the draft. |
| Brandenburg vs. Ohio | the court limited the clear and present danger test. |
| New York Times vs. Sullivan | Court ruled that statements about public figures are libelous only when they are both false and purposely malicious |
| Roth vs. United States | obscenity is not protected by freedom of speech or press |
| Miller vs. California | it is up to communities to perform test to determine obscenity |
| Tinker vs. Des Moines | he protested the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands |
| Hazelwood School District vs.khulmeier | the school administrators can exercise editorial control over the style and content of student speech |
| Habeas Corpus | show why i am in jail, show me the proof |
| Bills of Attainder | provides for the punishment of a prisoner without a court trial. |
| Ex post Facto Laws | applied to an act committed before the law |
| Weeks vs. United States | courts decisio only applied to only to federal cases |
| Mapp vs. Ohio | the fourth admendment was due to the Due Process Clause |
| Gideon vs. Wainwright | the right to a court appointed lawyer was denied |
| Miranda vs. Arizona | the police did not inform him on his right to stay silent. They finnally made the miranda rights and they named them after him. |
| Griswold vs. Connecticut | the right to privacy was violated and the court case was based on the illegeally attained evidence. |
| Roe vs. Wade | abortion should be protected by the right to privacy. |
| Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services | missouri law prohibited abortions |
| The free exercise clause | people have the right to exercise religion freely |
| Symbolic Speech | includes forms of nonverbal communication |
| Prior Restraint | limits freedom of the press |
| exlusionary rule | excludes evidence attained illegally |
| Right to counsel | people have the right to an attorney or they will be appointed one |
| Miranda Ruel | Police have to read suspects their miranda rights |
| Right to privacy | peoples right to privacy is upheld by the constitution |
| Planned parenthood of southeastern Pennsylvania vs. Casey | States may place reasonable limits that do not place an undo burden on women's rights |
| Guantanamo Bay | A military prison tat holds terrorists and suspected terrorists |
| Military Commissions Act | Enemy combatants do not have legal rights |
| Why MCA was overturned | They have constitutional rights |
| Cruel and unusual punishment | Not fitting the crime |
| Death penalty | A punishment on the high degree such as murder |
| Furman vs. Georgia | The death penalty was freakish and random |
| Harmelin vs. Georgia | It upheld Harmelin's conviction |
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