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34 Cards in this Set
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Civil Liberties |
Specific individual rights, such as the right to a fair trial that are constitutionally protected against infringement by govt |
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Bill of Rights |
The first ten amendments that lists the rights the govt has to protect |
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1st Amendment |
Religion, speech, press, assembly, petition |
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2nd Amendment |
Right to bear arms |
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3rd Amendment |
Quartering of troops |
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4th Amendment |
Search and seizure |
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5th Amendment |
Grand jury, self-incrimation, due process |
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6th Amendment |
Speedy trial, criminal prosecutions, right to confront and to counsel |
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7th Amendment |
Common law suits, jury trial |
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8th Amendment |
Cruel and unusual punishment, excess bail or fines |
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9th Amendment |
Non-enumerated Rights |
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10th Amendment |
Rights reserved to states or people |
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Miranda v Arizona |
5th Amendment, supreme Court rulings have affected police practices, racial profiling |
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Patriot Act |
Brought in question sacrificing rights in times of war, engaged in wiretapping, Congress passed revised legislation to authorize a more limited surveillance program with greater oversight, program leaked by Edward snowden |
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Korematsu v United States |
WWII detention of Japanese, supported by Congress and upheld policies that would not otherwise be permitted |
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13th Amendment |
Abolished slavery 1865 |
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14th Amendment |
Equal protections under the law for black americans |
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15th Amendment |
Right to vote for males |
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Women's Rights |
19th Amendment: right to vote for women, equal rights amendment introduced in 1923, equal pay act of 1963, title IX 1972 |
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Equality for other groups |
Went through a process to get civil rights |
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Latinos |
Farmworkers movement led by Cesar Chavez, strikes in the 1960s, Hernandez v Texas 1954 (jury should include other Hispanics) |
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Asian Americans |
1892 Congress suspended Asian immigration, Lau v Nichols 1974 prompted the beginning of bilingual languages in schools |
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LGBT |
Lawrence v Texas (privacy rights, lets same sex couples have sex inside of their houses) Don't Ask, Don't Tell ended in 2010 |
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Plessy v Ferguson |
"Separate but equal" Allowed Segregation to occur and justified it, black man refused to sit in a car for blacks |
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Affirmative Action/Title IX |
Equality of opportunity in employment, education and other areas for minorities, regents of UNI of Cali v Bakke (racial quotas unconstitutional but race can be considered for applicants, Fischer v UNI of TX, Adarand v Pena, Grutter v Bollinger, Schuette v Coalition to defend AA |
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Trustee |
Take constituents concerns into account but exercise judgement about the policies that will best serve their interest |
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Delegate |
Act in response to what constituents say they want |
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George Gallop |
He created how to measure the readership of newspapers and expanded research to study public |
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Methods of conducting and types of surveys |
Traditional telephone, exit, tracking, internet, push polls |
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Public Opinions difference from demographics |
Family, Peers, school, mass media, leaders, political knowledge |
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Survey Errors |
Limited response options, lack of information, difficult, margin of error, sampling error |
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Political Socialization |
The manner in which political attitudes are shaped by individual identity |
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Primary Political Socialization |
Family, Religion, Schools, early childhood education |
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Secondary Political Socialization |
Peers, media, leaders, and events |
