Hodge Podge
Foundatiions of Civil Liberties
Equity & Discrimination
LFBJ - Purpose & Audience
LFBJ - Critique of Moderates
100

The case that made it unconstituonal to make birth control illegal

Griswold v Connecticut

100

This term refers to protections from government actions that infringe on individual freedoms.

Civil Liberties

100

This type of discrimination results from long‑standing social patterns rather than laws.

de facto discrimination
100

This group of eight local leaders were the direct audience of King’s letter

White Clergymen

100

King calls this group a greater obstacle to freedom than the KKK.


White monderate/liberals

200
The 1964 change to the consitution made it illegal to charge citizens money to vote

24th 

200

This term refers to government actions designed to protect groups from discrimination.

Civil Rights

200

This type of discrimination is created by laws that treat groups differently

de jure discrimination

200

King says he is in Birmingham because of this organizational principle — “injustice anywhere…”


Mutuality (interrelatedness) working together for the greater good

200

White moderates prefer this over justice.


Order

300

This act made it legal for the government to tap electronic devices without a warrant if there is a suspicion of terrorism 

Patriot Act 
300

This clause in the First Amendment prevents government interference with religious practice.

Free Exercise Clause

300

The law that sought to acheive equality in athletics and education for women

Title IX (9)

300

King responds to being labeled this term, reframing it as a positive moral stance

Extremist

300

According to King, moderates believe they can set this for another man’s freedom.


A Timetable

400

The ruling in this case stated that not all student speech is protected at school or school sponsored events

Morse v Frederick 

400

This clause in the First Amendment prevents government endorsement of religion

Establishment Clause

400

The amendment that enusred no citizen would be denied the right to vote based ontheir gender

19th

400

King argues that he cannot sit idly in Atlanta because communities are tied together in this way

a network of mutuality

400

King criticizes the white moderate’s devotion to this negative peace.

Absence of Tension

500

Legal doctrine where an individual or organization assumes parental rights, duties, and obligations for a child without formal adoption while in their custody

Loco Parentis

500

This doctrine ensures the Bill of Rights applies to the states through the 14th Amendment.

Selective Incorporation

500

The last school district in the State of Texas to adhere to the Brown v. Board SCOTUS ruling

Mansfield ISD

500

King says he must respond to the clergymen because they are “men of genuine good will” but guilty of this.

misunderstanding (or shallow understanding)

500

King says white moderates paternalistically believe they know this better than the oppressed

Proper pace of social change

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