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14 Cards in this Set
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what are civil rights |
-basic rights -can change |
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civil rights and liberties |
civil rights are protects by government power must be asked on behalf of the people and have equal opportunity civil liberties protected by government, cant be taken away, choices |
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struggle for civil rights |
African americans had 2 major obsticles -constitution -politics based on self interest slavery -1807 end of import of slaves -balance of free vs slave -opposition to slavery -dred scott v standford: slaves have no due process |
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reconstruction |
-was the result of congressional republicans potential defeat in the next national election -civil war amendments 13 14 15 |
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electoral laws |
white primary poll tax literacy tests grandfather clause |
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separate but equal |
plessy v ferguson-segregation constitutional if facilities were equal brown v board- inherently unequal eduction is the foundation of good citizenship and thus it is a right court lacks enforcement powers |
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1964-65 |
civil rights act -end segregation -public education and accomodations voting rights act of 65 -restrict electoral laws -DOJ sent federal officers to ensure voting |
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equal rights for women |
-neither party had a lock on womens vote 19th amendment -1964 sex discrimination and employment opp. commission -higher eduction act of 1972- prohibit funding for schools that discriminate -civil rights act of 91 employment |
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role of government in marriage |
-mixing of races through marriage -national consensus court acted -loving v virginia allowed interracial marriage 1967 -limited states ability to regulate marriage -gay marriage similar |
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civil rights past 70s |
equal protection clause gay rights continue of black rights gender similar to gay rights? |
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suspect classification |
suspect class- group likely to be discriminated |
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federalism |
-states authority to regualte marriage -baehr v miike 93 state must show compelling interest in prohibiting same sex marriage -federal response DOMA allows states to ignore marriages from other states -US vs windsor - restricting us federal interpretation of marriage and spouse to apply only to heterosexual unions is unconstitutional |
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US VS windsor |
section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional 5th amendment DOMA irrational act against gay rights |
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legalization of marijuana |
Federal law still classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug - one with no legal use -Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia havedecriminalized possession of marijuana for medical use • Washington and Colorado allow recreational use • Connecticut, Maine and Rhode Island have lawsprohibiting discrimination against workers solely based ontheir status as medical marijuana patients • Arizona and Delaware bar employers from discriminatingagainst registered and qualifying patients who test positivefor marijuana |
