Civil Liberties vs. Civil Rights
Rights given to everyone
What are Civil Liberties?
The name for the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution
What are the Bill of Rights?
Main idea of the 14th Amendment
What is equal protection of all citizens?
Main goal of interest groups
What is to influence policy?
This case used the Freedom of Speech as a reasoning to allow these students to attend school with their black arm bands as long as it doesn't affect learning
Tinker v. Des Moines
Rights fought for by minority groups
What are Civil Rights?
What is protection from government?
This idea is expressed both in the 5th Amendment as well as the 14th Amendment and it requires specific precautions to be taken into consideration before someone can have their liberties/rights removed
What is Due Process?
Interest Groups most common influence on government (arguably)
What is Lobbying?
This court case allowed for children to not attend school due to their religious beliefs and set the standard for the Free Exercise Clause?
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
Right to freedom of speech
What is a civil liberty?
This group of people required the Bill of Rights in the new form of government.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
The idea that the Bill of Rights can be applied within a state on a case by case basis
What is Selective Incorporation?
Interest Groups are protected by this amendment
What is the First Amendment's Freedom of Speech?
This court case upheld the right to bear arms
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
The right to vote
What is a civil right?
The protection from unreasonable searches and seizures from the government was apart of this amendment
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Purpose of Bill of Rights
The reason for an Interest Group to promote specific candidates in an election
What is to spread their policy beliefs?
This court case violated the Establishment Cause when a school in New York began to recite prayers before the school day
What is Engel v Vitale?
The right to privacy
What is a civil liberty?
The disapproval from the court systems towards material that they believe should not be published due to it's potential danger it may create
What is prior restraint?
The requirement that the government must give someone who is being deprived of life, liberty, or property the adequate opportunity to speak their half
What is Procedural Due Process?
The group of people that Interest Groups target when trying to spread their policy
What are undecided voters?
This court case violated the laws behind gerrymandering when the district lines are redrawn every 10 years
What is Shaw v. Reno?