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Understanding:
Judiciary
Schedule
Day I
First Amendment Freedom
Day II
1st Amendment Freedoms
Property Rights
Day III
Due Process Rights
Day IV
Privacy Rights
Rights of the Accused
Day V
Case Briefs
Current Understanding: Civil Liberties
Students will explain the development of civil liberties by judicial interpretation,
display knowledge of essential liberties, and discuss the impact of the 14th
Amendment on the development of their liberties.
First Amendment
Freedoms
Property Rights
Civil Liberties
Due Process
Rights
Rights of Criminal
Suspects
Privacy Rights
Focus Objectives:
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Explain the difference between civil rights and civil liberties.
Describe Gitlow v. New York and explain the importance of selective incorporation.
Explain the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. Give two court cases for each one.
What kind of speech is not protected by the Constitution and give a brief explanation of each?
Why is it difficult to monitor free speech on the Internet?
Explain the difference between substantive due process and procedural due process.
7. Explain the exclusionary rule and how it applies to the evolution of Fourth Amendment rights?
Next Understanding:
Civil Rights
Essential Vocabulary:
Due process clause
Selective incorporation
Establishment clause
Free exercise clause
Bad tendency test
Clear and present danger
Preferred position doctrine
Prior restraint
Libel
Obscenity
Fighting words
Commercial speech
Civil disobedience
Property rights
Eminent domain
Due process
Procedural due process
Substantive due process
Search warrant
Exclusionary rule
Grand jury
Petit jury
Indictment
Plea bargain
Double jeopardy