Bell Ringer
US-U9-L2
SSUSH25b
• Explain the impact of Supreme Court
decisions on ideas about civil liberties and
civil rights; include such decisions as Roe
v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on
affirmative action.
Abortion
• The deliberate termination of a human
pregnancy
• A miscarriage
• the termination of a pregnancy after,
accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed
by the death of the embryo or fetus: as
– a : spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during
the first 12 weeks of gestation — compare
miscarriage
– b : induced expulsion of a human fetus
– c : expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often
due to infection at any time before completion of
pregnancy — compare contagious abortion
(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abortion)
Roe v. Wade
• 1973
• Addressed the right of women to
choose whether to have an
abortion under certain
circumstances.
• Right was held under the 14th
amendment
• By expanding the constitutional
right of privacy to include
abortion, the Court extended civil
liberties protections.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q5AgCzPIuA
Affirmative Action
• The focus of such
• An action or policy favoring
policies ranges from
those who tend to suffer from
employment and
discrimination, esp. in
education to public
relation to employment or
contracting and health
education; positive
programs.
discrimination
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
• refers to policies that take
i/Affirmative_action
factors including "race, color,
religion, gender, sexual
orientation or national origin"
into consideration in order to
benefit an underrepresented
group, usually as a means to
counter the effects of a
history of discrimination.
University of California v. Bakke
• 1978
• Ruled race can be used when
considering applicants to colleges,
but racial quotas cannot be used.
The Court barred the use of quota
systems in college admission but
extended Americans’ civil rights by
giving constitutional protection to
affirmative action programs that give
equal access to minorities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDu9Ylb27O8
Other Civil Liberties Cases 1968present (not all inclusive)
• United States v. O’Brien: free
speech/burning draft cards
• King v. Smith: aid to families with
dependent children
• Baird v. State of Arizona: states
cannot ban people from legal
practice due to communist party
membership
• Reed v. Reed: extended 14th
Amendment, rights for women
Other Civil Liberties Cases 1968present (not all inclusive)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education: use of
bussing for school desegregation
• Georgia v. Randolph: police
cannot conduct a warrantless
search in a home where one
occupant consents and the other
objects
• Levy v. Louisiana: An illegitimate
child may still sue on behalf of a
deceased parent; to deny them
this right violates the Fourteenth
Amendment
Other Civil Liberties Cases 1968present (not all inclusive)
• Parents Involved in Community
Schools v. Seattle School District
& Meredith v. Jefferson County
Board of Education (companion
case): affirmative action, using
race as the tie breaker in
assigning students to public
schools
• Snyder v. Louisiana: racial
discrimination in jury selection;
playing the “O.J. card”
Other Civil Liberties Cases 1968present (not all inclusive)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_
States_Supreme_Court_cases_by_the_R
oberts_Court
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_
States_Supreme_Court_cases_by_the_W
arren_Court
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_
States_Supreme_Court_cases_by_the_Bu
rger_Court