Civil Liberties Flashcards
2nd
Right to keep and bear arms
1st
Freedom of religion speech press protest
Expression
Fundamental
3rd
No quartering of soldiers
Privacy
4th
Search and seizure
Fundamental
5th
Due process, self incrimination, double jeopardy, eminent domain
Rights of the accused
6th
Due process
Fair and speedy trial , jury, lawyer, clear accusation, confront accuser, public trial
7th
Trial by jury in civil cases
8th
No excessive bail, no cruel and unusual punishment
Rights of the convicted
9th
Congress can create rights
Privacy
10th
Powers not in the United States constitution are left up to the states
14th
Citizenship clause
Privileges and immunities
Due process
Equal protection
Barron v Baltimore
1833
State constitution didn’t protect eminent domain, state didn’t have to pay for damaging wharf
Palko v Connecticut
1937
Murderer tried twice, violated double jeopardy, found not a fundamental right, selective incorporation
Gideon v wainwright
1963
Incorporates part of the 6th amendment, right to council is fundamental
Gitlow v New York
1925
Tested due process clause, suggests state is denying him right of free speech, loses, but court says that every American has the right to free speech
Mapp v ohio
1961
State policy conducted search without a warrant, 4th amendment is found a fundamental right and is incorporated
Slaughterhouse cases
1873
State gov gave monopoly to a business, ok because they weren’t black
Lukumi Babalu aye v city of Hialeah
1993
Animals may be sacrificed as a religious ritual