Go Po Chs 4 and 5 - Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights
Pages 101-178
Thursday 12/17:
pgs 101-105
Friday 12/18:
pgs 106-115 (up to Obscenity)
Monday 12/21:
pgs 115-123 (up to Defendants’ Rights)
Tuesday 12/22:
pgs 123-129 (up to Trials)
Holiday Break:
finish Ch 4; Ch 5 pgs 145-154
Monday 1/4:
pgs 155-161
Tuesday 1/5:
pgs 162-170 (up to Civil Rights and People with Disabilities)
Wednesday 1/6:
pgs finish Ch 5
Thursday 1/7:
prep for EXAM on Chs 4 and 5 on Friday 1/8
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PREP FOR MIDTERM ON THURSDAY 1/21!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terms:
Ch 4
!!! REVIEW BILL OF RIGHTS!!!!!
Ch 5
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1. civil liberties
41. 6 Amendment
1. civil rights
2. Bill of Rights
42. Miranda v Arizona
2. equality
3. Barron v Baltimore
43. Gideon v Wainwright
3. 14th Amendment
4. Gitlow v New York
44. plea bargaining
4. “equal protection of the laws”
5. 14th Amendment
45. habeas corpus
5. “due process”
6. “due process clause”
46. speedy and public trial
6. *reasonable/reasonableness*
7. incorporation doctrine*
47. 8th Amendment /
7. standards of review/classifications
(aka “Selective Incorporation”)
“cruel and unusual punishment” 8. Scott v Sanford
8. “establishment clause”
48. Gregg v Georgia
9. 13th Amendment
9. “free exercise clause”
49. McCleskey v Kemp
10. “Jim Crow”
10. Lemon v Kurtzman
50. right to privacy
11. Plessy v Ferguson
11. Zelman v Simmons-Harris
51. Roe v Wade
12. Brown v Board of Education
12. Engle v Vitale
52. Planned Parenthood v Casey 13. Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenberg
13. Abington Township v Schempp
14. de jure / de facto segregation
14. compelling interest
15. Civil Rights Act 1964
15. prior restraint
16. suffrage
16. Near v Minnesota
17. 15th Amendment
17. Schenck v US
18. poll taxes
18. “clear and present danger”
19. White primary
19. Smith Act
20. 24th Amendment
20. shield laws
21. Voting Rights Act 1965
21. obscenity
22. Shaw v Reno
22. Roth v US
23. Miller v Johnson
23. Miller v California
24. Santa Clara Pueblo v Martinez
24. libel
25. Plyer v Doe
25. slander
26. Korematsu v US
26. defamation
27. 19th Amendment
27. New York Times v Sullivan
28. ERA
28. Texas v Johnson
29. Reed v Reed
29. symbolic speech
30. Craig v Boren
30. commercial speech
31. Title IX
31. FTC
32. comparable worth
32. FCC
33. Tailhook
33. District of Columbia v Heller
34. Americans with Disability Act
34. “probable cause”
35. Defense of Marriage Act
35. “unreasonable search and seizure”
*. Obergefell v Hodges*
36. search warrant
36. affirmative action
37. exclusionary rule**
37. Regents of Cal v Bakke
38. Mapp v Ohio
38. Adarand Constructors v Pena
39. USA PATRIOT Act
39. Gratz v Bollinger
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40. 5 Amendment / self-incrimination
Ch 4 Questions:
1. What is the significance of the Barron v. Baltimore decision? How did Gitlow v. New York
change this decision?
2. What does the due process clause of the 14th Amendment say?
3. What is the difference between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause?
4. What is the lemon test?
5. What has political scientist Kenneth D. Wald observed regarding religion and American political
life?
6. What is the one thing all freedom of expression cases have in common? Give at least 3 specific
examples to support this.
7. How does the “prevailing political climate” determine what limits the government places on free
speech?
8. What are the difficulties in determining what is obscene? What questions has the court
considered in determining what is obscene?
9. Describe the limits on commercial speech.
10. What restrictions on the 2nd amendment exist?
11. How have Supreme Court decisions extended the Bill of Rights to the states?
12. What are the two sides to the debate over the exclusionary rule?
13. Describe the USA Patriot Act and its impact on search and seizure.
14. What is the significance of the Gideon V. Wainwright decision? Miranda v. Arizona?
15. Describe how the September 11th attacks have raised new issues related to trial rights.
16. Is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment? Why or why not?
17. Examine and discuss the diagram on p. 133.
18. What did Justice Brandeis say about the right to privacy? How has the right to privacy been
linked to abortion rights?
19. What limits exist on abortion rights?
20. How are civil liberties a function of our individualism?
Ch 5 Questions
1. What key issues related to inequality exist today? What role does the issue of power play in this?
2. Where is the one place where the issue of equality is dealt with in the Constitution?
3. Explain Table 5.1 and how it related to SC questions regarding discrimination.
4. Why was school segregation declared unconstitutional?
5. Discuss the issue of “all deliberate speed”.
6. Review the timeline in Table 5.4
7. Summarize the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
8. Analyze the image on p. 158—what is the impact of the changing demographics in the country?
9. Why was the ERA never ratified?
10. What are some of the issues still facing women workers? Look up the case of Lilly Ledbetter on
the internet.
11. Complete the “You Be the Judge” exercise on p. 167.
12. Discuss the “gray liberation movement”.
13. What are the controversies surrounding the ADA?
14. What are the current laws on Affirmative Action programs?
15. Discuss the balance of “equal opportunity” with “equal results”.
16. As the civil rights “umbrella” gets larger, what challenges does the nation face?