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Mr. TImm

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What is Selective Incorporation? A constitutional principal that uses the 14th Amendment to apply the Bill of Rights to states.
What is the Citizenship Clause? Grants citizenship to all people born in the U.S
What is the Privileges or Immunities Clause? Citizens have the same basic rights in every state
What is the Due Process Clause? States cannot take away due process rights
What is the Equal Protection Clause? States cannot pass laws that discriminate. This clause would play a key role in many landmark civil rights cases.
What was the impact of Grisworld v Connecticut (1968) case? This case set the stage for further "right to privacy" case. The government cannot regulate what is done in the home
What was the impact of the Katz v United States (1967) case? This case established the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test
What was the impact of the Roe v Wade (1972) case? This case confirmed a "right to privacy" exists
What was the impact of the United States vs Jones (2012) case? The "right to privacy" extends outside of the home
What was the impact of the Riley v California (2014) case? The "right to privacy" extends to out possessions
What does the 9th Amendment imply? Rights that are not specifically in the Constitution may be retained by the people
What does the 3rd Amendment imply? Protection from HOUSING TROOPS
What does the 4th Amendment imply? Protection from unreasonable SEARCHES & SEIZURES
What does the 5th Amendment imply? No PERSON shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property without DUE PROCESS of law"
What does the 14th Amendment imply? No STATE shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without DUE PROCESS of law"
What is The Patriot Act? This allowed the government to spy on American citizens and collect their data without a warrant
What is a Social Movement? An organized attempt to influence change through protests and/or campaigning
What is the Civil Rights Act (1964)? Outlawed discrimination in public spaces and the workplace based on race, color, religion, or sex
What is The Voting Rights Act (1965)? Outlawed "qualification tests" that have been shown to discriminate against black voters
What is Title IX? Law that insured that in order to receive federal money, a school cannot discriminate on the basis of sex
What is the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) case? SCOUTS ruled that the Constitution does not protect the right to abortion
What is the Obergefell v Hoges (2015) case? SCOUTS struck down state laws that ban same sex-marriage
Why did many black children in Birmingham never see or talk to white children? Laws kept them apart
Why did many black adults did not want to protest against segreatation? They were afraid of losing their jobs
How did children help end segregation in Birmingham? By making it impossible to enforce the laws that supported it
What is the Plessy v Fergunson (1896) case? Louisiana enacted the Separate Car Act, which required seperate railway cars for blacks and whites.
What is the IMPACT of Plessy v Fergunson (1896) case? SCOUTS upheld the law, establishing the "seperate but equal" doctrine
What is the Brown v Board of Education (1954) case? Overturned Plessy v Fergunson (case)
What is the IMPACT of Brown v Board of Education (1954) case? SCOUTS ruled that separate educational facilities are, by nature, unequal and violate the 14th Amendment.
What is Affirmative Action? Policies that try to establish equity in education and the workplace by giving preferential treatment to minorities.
What are the two main issues with Affirmative Action? This preferential treatment robs minorities of the respect they deserved & "Reverse discrimination" occurs - qualified people are passed over in favor for the minority person
What is SFFA v Harvard (2023) SCOUTS struck down race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The court ruled those policies violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
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