Amendments
Was cited in the Miranda Case saying you have the right to remain silent.
What is the 5th amendment?
This case reversed the principle of "separate but equal."
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
A female is denied a promotion based solely on her gender. Is this a Civil Liberties issue or Civil Rights Issue?
What is Civil Rights?
This says that schools cannot have a time of "silent meditation" that is like a prayer.
What is the establishment clause?
An action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.
What is affirmative action?
Expanded suffrage to African American men
What is the 15th Amendment?
This case allowed for Student Free Speech when it is symbolic and political in nature.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The two clauses of the the Freedom of Religion clause.
What are the establishment and exercise clauses?
The legal standard of determining whether a search or seizure is constitutional.
What is a search warrant?
This case established judicial review for the supreme court.
What was Marbury v Madison?
Cited in the Gideon v Wainwright case that the states must provide an attorney.
What is the 6th amendment?
This is the case that legalized abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
What is abortion?
The death penalty falls under this amendment.
What is the 8th amendment?
This case ruled that abortion can't be denied.
What is Roe v. Wade?
States that the Due Process clause (and therefore the Bill of Rights) apply to the states as well as the Federal government.
What is the 14th amendment?
This is what Loving v. Virginia established.
What is legalizing interracial marriage?
Evidence found without a search warrant can/cannot be used in a case.
What is cannot?
Using non - violent actions to promote social change is known as this.
What is civil disobedience?
The amendment and clause that was used to both affirm Affirmative Action AND to reverse Affirmative Action.
What is the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?
Gives the rights to the people, even if they are not specifically listed by the Constitution?
What is the 9th amendment?
This is what Obergefell v. Hodges established.
What is the principle that gay marriage can't be denied by the states?
A test created to decide if a government policy violates the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment.
What is the Lemon Test?
A document ML King Jr. explaining the protest against racial segregation and discrimination
What was the Letter from a Birmingham jail?
The amendment that Governor Wallace cited as why he should be able to block integration of The University of Alabama.
What is the 10th Amendment?