Due Process
This amendment in the Bill of Rights covers due process and self-incrimination.
5th
Is privacy considered a fundamental right in the US?
Yes
Title IX (9) denies federal funding to schools that don't provide fair representation to women in what aspect of their educational experience?
Sports
Are women the only people subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace?
No.
The ___________ _____ _____________ ____ (ADA) provides protections for individuals with disabilities in professional environments and in public spaces.
Americans with Disabilities Act
This constitutional law ensured due process at the State level, stating "equal protection for all", although "all" was a relative term.
Bonus 100 points: when written, who did "all" protect?
14th
Bonus: All free men
What does FOIA stand for?
Freedom of Information Act
This landmark court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and helped to end legal segregation in schools.
Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, KS
(Brown v. Board is an acceptable answer)
The fourteenth amendment today is understood to provide "equal protection under the law" for whom?
All free people (regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, etc.)
The act of refusing to lend money to homebuyers based on the neighborhood where they invest.
Redlining
Process includes notice of charge, the right to speak on one's behalf, and a written decision from an impartial source
Procedural Due Process
This is what authorities must produce in order to search your home.
Search Warrant
This amendment made slavery illegal.
13th Amendment
Making colleagues or subordinates unreasonably uncomfortable or intimidated based on inappropriate conduct.
Hostile Work Environment
Denying access or providing special access to individuals or families to particular housing based on racial, social, religious or economic bias.
Steering
True or False: The Supreme provides more specific protections than the State and local courts.
False
True or False: The right to Privacy is directly written into the US Constitution.
False
True or False: The nineteenth amendment granted women's suffrage.
True. Women were granted suffrage, or the right to vote.
True or False: Quid Pro Quo sexual harassment is acceptable in the workplace in some situations.
FALSE. It is never acceptable.
True or False: Housing discrimination is legal when a lender is discriminating due to a poor credit History or inability to pay back a loan.
True
Process that challenges the legitimacy of the substance of a law.
Substantive Due Process
Unlike FOIA, FERPA deals specifically with the rights to what?
Educational Records for individuals, or parents of minors
The act of using the Census results to redraw districts to favor one political party over another.
Gerrymandering
What amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote during the Vietnam War?
26th Amendment
Should people with severe disabilities, meaning they need help to complete certain necessary tasks, be segregated from the community?
No.