Civil Liberties
NAACP used what method to change racial discrimination laws?
litigation - going to court
Civil rights groups that want to have their opinion heard in court cases might file this.
Amicus Curie brief. (friend of the court)
To amend the Constitution, what is the Congressional role?
True or False: A person who burns the US flag as a form of political protest is violating the US Constitution.
False...Texas v. Johnson stated that this action is protected by the US Constitution.
The 14th Amendment specifically says states cannot deny what two things (the two clauses of this part of the amendment)
Due Process or Equal Protection under the laws.
The group that wanted the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
Anti-Federalists
How did Gideon v. Wainwright affect civil liberties of criminal suspects?
Forces states to provide legal counsel to people accused of committing a crime. It selectively incorporated the 6th Amendment
What precedent came from Mapp v. Ohio?
States must follow the exclusionary rule.
What phrase describes the gradual process of incorporating individual Bill of Right liberties to the states?
Selective Incorporation (or Incorporation or Incorporation Doctrin)
Due Process
Title IX = no what in federal funded institutions?
Gender discrimination.
How are Roe v. Wade and Griswold v. Connecticut similar?
Both cases set and established the precedent that people have privacy rights even though the Constitution does not specifically mention the word.
How many states (number or fraction) are needed to get an amendment to the Constitution ratified?
3/4 (see Jacob's board for the number)
Which court case set the precedent that there are limits to freedom of speech?
Schenck v US
If you wanted to appeal something to the SCOTUS, how many justices would have to agree to take you case?
4
The Pentagon Papers were the subject of this court case.
New York Times v US
Engle v Vitale - what Constitutional clause?
Establishment clause of the 1st amendment
4th Amendment = no ----------
8th Amendment = no ---------
4th - illegal searches or seizures
8th - no cruel and unusual punishment (or excessive bail)
The government must present an arrested person before a judge to learn why they have been arrested by the police.
What is habeas corpus?
How does FEDERALISM play a role in the use of the death penalty by the states?
States get to decide (except for certain provisions they must follow set by SCOTUS)
Disability rights advocates got a big boast when this unfunded mandate/law was passed.
What is the ADA?
Americans with Disabilities Act
The required court case that set the limits for the Free Exercise Clause.
What is WI v Yoder?
Topic of these amendments
23rd
24th
26th
23rd - DC gets Electoral votes
24th - no poll taxes
26th - 18 year olds get to vote