Court Cases
What case guarantees a lawyer for the defendant?
Gideon v. Wainwright
What are the five liberties of the 1st Amendment?
religion, speech, press, assembly, petition the government
What Law made all public spaces accessible to all individuals?
What precedent and what case did Brown versus Board overturn?
"Separate but equal" from Plessy v. Ferguson
What does the Establishment Clause do?
Prevents the government from establishing a state religion or from discouraging participation in a certain religion
What 1896 court case led to the legality of separate but equal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What rule was established in Mapp v Ohio?
The Exclusionary Rule (evidence obtained illegally must be "excluded" from a trial)
What is the national religion of the U.S.?
Trick question! There isn't one, because of the Establishment Clause
What do we call the rule outlawing the use of illegally obtained evidence in trial?
Exclusionary Rule
What would a judicial activist say about the right to privacy?
They would fully support it, even though the Constitution doesn't explicitly state this right.
What are two kinds (don’t say the words) of non-protected speech?
Fightin' Words, speech that creates a clear and present danger, defamation/slander, obscenity, threats
What are two areas of life the Civil Rights Act protected from discrimination?
Public accommodations (restaurants, theaters, hotels) and employment
What clause of the 1st Amendment was the basis for the Engel v Vitale ruling?
Establishment Clause
What is the meaning of selective incorporation?
The Supreme Court 'selectively' chose cases and 'incorporated' the civil liberty protections of the Bill of Rights to cover state and local governments also. They used the 14th Amendment to get this done.
What federal agency fights discrimination in the workplace?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission