The First Amendment
What is the Establishment Clause?
The First Amendment guarantees your right to freedom of expression which the right of citizens to hold, explore, exchange, express, and debate ideas
In what Supreme Court case did the Court rule that searchers must respect a person’s privacy?
Katz v. United States
What two things does the 14th Amendment guarantee to Americans?
Equal protection under the law and due process of laws
What is Selective Exclusiveness?
When the commerce at issue requires national, uniform regulation, only Congress may regulate it otherwise it is up to the states to decide (x6)
True or False. Washington State has legalized assisted suicide.
True
What types of speech are not protected?
Fighting words
Defamatory speech
Lewd and profane speech
What act has greatly relaxed privacy protections and controls on search and seizures?
The USA PATRIOT Act (x3)
What was the effect of the Gault case?
Juveniles gained similar due process rights as adults
What is the commerce clause?
The Commerce Clause of the Constitution states that Congress has the power "toregulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes"
The Federal government argued that Raich an Monson's growing of marijuana disrupted which interstate trade?
The illegal drug trade of marijuana
Students may be allowed to form private religious groups so long as
Staff members are not part of the groups (x2)
What can authorities look through legally without a warrant?
Garbage cans
What was the result of Stanley v. Illinois?
The Supreme Court ruled that unwed fathers had equal parental rights
What was the outcome of United States v. Lopez (1995)?
The Court ruled that the Gun-Free School Zones Act was unconstitutional stating that having a gun in a school zone is in no sense an economic activity
What does procedural due process focus on?
Procedural due process focuses on life and liberty issues and mainly apply to the arrest and prosecution of people accused of crime
What does the compelling interest test require?
Requires the government to provide a good reason for treating a group differently
The Court has ruled that people working in what area may be drug tested at will?
Government jobs
What was the significance of the Cruzan Case?
It clarified and gave people the right to die.
How has Congress used the commerce clause in the past?
Congress used the commerce clause to help end segregation
Why may authorities search something that is in plain view?
Because if it is in plain view than it is assumed to not be private
How has freedom of assembly been limited by the government?
You cannot protest on private property without the consent of the landowner
Which case ruled that probable cause is not needed to search through a student’s possessions?
New Jersey v. T.L.O
In what case did the Supreme Court announce it would apply a rational basis test for economic regulations?
United States v. Carolene Products Company
What is the main issue with selective exclusiveness?
What does the Equal Access Act of 1984 prohibit?
The Equal Access Act of 1984 prohibits schools and school districts from forbidding or discrimination against any club because of its religious or philosophical viewpoint