In your Unit 3 Video Engager, you learned about the Supreme Court’s involvement in pornography and obscenity laws. First, explain how the free speech protections in the First Amendment relate to pornography and obscenity. Then, explain the three rules set out by Chief Justice Warren Burger for determining whether something is pornographic. Last, give your opinion on this three part test and whether you think it adequately balances the need for the protection of free speech with the need to regulate obscenity. Why do you think this? The topics of obscenity and pornography are not protected under the First Amendment, this can be due to the fact that they are so hard to define. This has caused many problems for students under the age of
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What is the difference between these two terms? Give an example of a civil liberty, and an example of a civil right. What laws, documents, or government institutions are involved in ensuring citizens have protections for both civil liberties and civil rights? Civil rights are rights that are provided by the government, they constitute equal treatment. An example of a civil right is the right to vote, and this was put into action by the fifteenth amendment. Civil rights were significantly harder to gain than civil liberties. The video engager and lecture explained that civil liberties include two main things. “The first thing civil liberties include is rights that require no action from the government. The second thing civil liberties include are fair procedures that protect these rights from being taken away.” (Mitchell, 2015 video engager) Civil liberties are inalienable rights that ensure Prosperity, life, and liberty that cannot be taken away by the government without a fair process. A good example of having rights ensured but still losing them to a fair process is the example of the first amendment which ensures the right to the freedom of speech. Although it ensures the right to the freedom of speech, it doesn't cover things like yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater or thinks that evoke fighting or crimes. You cannot yell obscenities in public in someone’s face, that is not a civil liberty that Americans have. Examples of civil liberties are freedom and speech and freedom of religion. The first ten amendments within the Bill of Rights are civil liberties. It is important to understand the difference between civil liberties and civil rights. Although civil rights and civil liberties are different and ensure different things, they also often conflict with each
What is the difference between these two terms? Give an example of a civil liberty, and an example of a civil right. What laws, documents, or government institutions are involved in ensuring citizens have protections for both civil liberties and civil rights? Civil rights are rights that are provided by the government, they constitute equal treatment. An example of a civil right is the right to vote, and this was put into action by the fifteenth amendment. Civil rights were significantly harder to gain than civil liberties. The video engager and lecture explained that civil liberties include two main things. “The first thing civil liberties include is rights that require no action from the government. The second thing civil liberties include are fair procedures that protect these rights from being taken away.” (Mitchell, 2015 video engager) Civil liberties are inalienable rights that ensure Prosperity, life, and liberty that cannot be taken away by the government without a fair process. A good example of having rights ensured but still losing them to a fair process is the example of the first amendment which ensures the right to the freedom of speech. Although it ensures the right to the freedom of speech, it doesn't cover things like yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater or thinks that evoke fighting or crimes. You cannot yell obscenities in public in someone’s face, that is not a civil liberty that Americans have. Examples of civil liberties are freedom and speech and freedom of religion. The first ten amendments within the Bill of Rights are civil liberties. It is important to understand the difference between civil liberties and civil rights. Although civil rights and civil liberties are different and ensure different things, they also often conflict with each