Civil Liberties
Guaranteed Bill of Rights protections against arbitrary government interference.
What are civil liberties?
In this famous case, free speech was limited during WWI suggesting people should draft dodge.
What is Schenck v. U.S.?
This amendment guarantees that evidence obtained to prove your guilt must happen legally, with a warrant.
What is the 4th amendment?
What document encouraged people to defy laws that were unjust?
What is "Letters From A Birmingham Jail"?
Burning the American flag is considered this under the 1st Amendment.
What is free speech?
In Wisconsin v. Yoder, this constitution clause was upheld granting Amish families educational freedom due to religion.
What is the free exercise clause?
The death penalty in some "more liberal" states is defined as "cruel and unusual punishment" under this amendment.
What is the 8th amendment?
This idea states that sometimes the Supreme Court has to go out of its way to extend the Bill of Rights and civil liberties to people and unique situations.
What is selective incorporation?
Marriage laws are/were often interpreted under this Bill of Rights amendment.
What is the 9th amendment?
In this 1962 case, state sponsored school prayer was deemed unconstitutional.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
A famous SC decision where the 6th amendment was upheld guaranteeing a Florida man the right to counsel and a "fair and speedy trial."
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This landmark SC decision erased the separate but equal doctrine established by Plessy v Ferguson in 1896.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Beyond the 9th amendment, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of this amendment, granting marriage rights to even those that live in extremely conservative states.
What is the 14th amendment?
In this SC case, the court decided that a person's ability to possess a firearm regardless of state/local law could not be limited (for the most part)
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Probably the best example of a modern day civil rights group in support of our nation's African-American population.
What is Black Lives Matter?
The abolition of poll taxes comes from this amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the 24th amendment?
This famous clause in the 1st amendment prohibits the United States from having a "required" or "set" religion.
What is the establishment clause?
In this famous SC case, Griswold v. Connecticut and the right to medical privacy was overturned, thus prohibiting states and/or the federal government from making abortions illegal.
What is Roe v. Wade?
Protection from self-incrimination and double jeopardy comes from this amendment.
What is the 5th Amendment?
What is affirmative action?