CHAPTER 5
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL
RIGHTS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Schenk v US (1919)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Gitlow v New York (1925)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
 14th Amendment
 Selective incorporation
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Dennis v US (1950)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Brandenburg v Ohio
(1969)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Snyder v Phelps (2011)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Miller v California (1973)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Reno v ACLU (1997)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Tinker v Des Moines
(1968)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Texas v Johnson
(1990)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Morse v Frederick (2002)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
Nazi Party v. Skokie (1977)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
McCollum v BOE (1948)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
Engle v Vitale (1962)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
Abington School District v Schempp (1963)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
 Moment of Silence
 Prayer in government meetings
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
Epperson v Arkansas (1968)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
Lemon v Kurtzman (1971)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION: FREE
EXERCISE CLAUSE
Reynolds v US (1878)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE
West Virginia v Barnette (1943)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE
Wisconsin v Yoder
(1970)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE
Oregon v Smith (1990)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
New York Times v US
(1971)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
CRIME AND DUE PROCESS
4TH Amendment: Mapp v
Ohio (1961)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
CRIME AND DUE PROCESS
5th Amendment: Miranda v
Arizona (1966)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
CRIME AND DUE PROCESS
6th Amendment: Gideon v
Wainwright (1963)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
CRIME AND DUE PROCESS
8th Amendment: Furman v
Georgia (1972)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
RIGHT TO PRIVACY: 4th
Amendment
Griswold v Connecticut (1965)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
RIGHT TO PRIVACY: 4th
Amendment
Roe v. Wade (1973)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
RIGHT TO PRIVACY: 4th
Amendment
Webster v Reproductive Health Services
(1988)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
OVERVIEW
 Civil Liberties v. Civil Rights
 Civil Rights:
Reasonableness standard
 Suspect classification
 2 categories of protection:
 14th Amendment




Due Process Clause (selective incorporation)
Equal Protection Clause
Civil Rights Legislation
SLAVERY
Dred Scott v Sanford
(1857)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
CIVIL WAR AMENDENTS
 13th Amendment

abolishes slavery
 14th Amendment



citizenship rights for the freedmen
equal protection under the law
incorporation
 15th

voting rights for African-American males
JIM CROW LAWS
SEGREGATION
Plessy v Ferguson
(1896)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
DESEGREGATION CASES
Brown v Board of
Education (1954)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
MASSIVE RESISTANCE
DESEGREGATION
LEGISLATION
 Civil Rights Act of
1964
 Voting Rights Act
of 1965
DESEGREGATION CASES
Heart of Atlanta Motel v
US (1965)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Green v County School Board (1967)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg (1971)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
University of California v
Bakke (1978)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Gratz v Bollinger (2003)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Grutter v Bollinger (2003)
 Facts
 Question
 Ruling
 Reasoning
 Significance
WOMEN AND EQUAL RIGHTS
 Gender equity laws:
 equal pay for equal work
 employment opportunity
 school admissions
 Gender equity cases
 middle ground between
reasonableness and strict
scrutiny
TITLE IX (1972)
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of
sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any education program or activity receiving
federal financial assistance.
AGE DISCRIMINATION
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
 Gay marriage
 civil unions
 partner benefit rights