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26 Cards in this Set
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Due Process Clause |
5th Amendment: Limits power of national government. 14th Amendment: Prohibits state government from depriving a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. |
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Qualities of 1st Amendment |
Friendly Faces Ask Petty Problems Freedom of religion Free speech Assembly Petition Press |
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Civil Liberties: |
Government cannot take away. Protection of people against government restrictions (religion, speech, beliefs, ect).Protected by Bill of Rights (first 10 Amendments), and 5th and 14thAmendments. |
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Civil Rights: |
Government must supply. Rights of all people to due process and the equal protection of the laws.Protected by 5th and 14th Amendment. |
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Freedom of Religion: |
1st Amendment, Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause Establishment Clause: Forbids government’s direct support to or against any religion. Free Exercise Clause: The right to hold any or no religious belief |
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FCC |
regulates speech |
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Roe v. Wade: |
Abortion rights/Trimester Framework (state-by-state) |
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Bowers v. Hardwick: |
Court refused to extend marital privacy to homosexual couples |
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Lawrence v. Texas: |
Overturned Bowers v. Hardwick. Struck down law against homosexual sodomy |
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A search warrant requires |
a court order from a judge |
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Speedy and Public trial |
6th and 7th Amendments |
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Exclusionary Rule prevents |
police misconduct |
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8th Amendment: |
Death Penalty (Minors and Mentally handicapped excused from Death Penality) |
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Defendants’ Rights |
Counsel Speedy, public trial Impartial jury Call and question witnesses |
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USA PATRIOT Act |
To stop terrorism |
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Affirmative Action |
Remedial action to overcome discrimination against minorities and women. |
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Equal Justice |
13th Ammendment: Ended slavery 14th Ammendment: Ensured equal treatment/establishes citizenship 15th Ammendment: Voting rights for black men |
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1920 |
Women can vote |
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Lindon B Johnson |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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26th Amendment: |
Voting at 18 years old |
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24th Amendment |
ended poll tax |
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University of California v. Bakke |
No quota system for admitting students by race |
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Gratz v. Bollinger |
Court struck down undergraduate policy as too mechanical. Cannot use race as a plus factor |
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Grutter v. Bollinger: |
Graduate schools can use race as a plus factor |
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The Grand Jury can issue |
an indictment |
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“Lemon Test”: |
Must have secular purpose Must neither advance or inhibit religion Cannot be entangled with religion. |
