Civil Liberties Flashcards
Civil liberties definition
Basic rights and freedoms ensured in democracies through law e.g freedom of speech
Civil rights definition
Guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law
Which freedoms are protected by 1st amendment
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
-e.g. Engel v vitale prohibitive govt written prayers from schools
What does the 2nd amendment protect
Right to bear arms
D.C. V Heller overturned ban on handguns at home and requirement for them to be left unloaded
Big gun culture for self defence
What does the 4th amendment protect
Freedom from unreasonable searches
Require warrant and a probable cause
This further extended to search of mobile phones in. 2014 Riley V California
4 forms of protection of civil rights
Landmark SC rulings
Amendments
Constitution
Bill of rights
How does the constitution protect civil rights
Checks and balances prevent abuse of power or changes to rights
creation of supreme court to give citizens a final court of appeal if they feel as though their rights have been infringed
entrenched constitution with a difficult ammendment process
How have landmark rulings protected civil rights
Roe v wade
Obergefell v hodges
Brown v Topeka
Amendments which have protected rights
13th - abolished slavery
14th- equal clause
19th - women’s vote
Pressure groups protecting rights
Raising funds to sponsor case rulings
Promotion of minority rights
3 pressure groups
NRA
NAACP
ACLU
NRA
Spent $30 million on trump campaign
Resist gun control
5 million members
protect the right to bear arms
ACLU
1.75 million members
400 lawsuits against trump administration
Defend all civil liberties of Americans
NAACP
Important in civil rights movement
Provided legal aid to brown v Topeka
Bostock v Clayton county
Outlawed employment discrimination regarding gender and sexuality
