Unit 3 Flashcards
Purpose of the Bill of Rights
Protect individual liberties against the government
Group that wanted the Bill of Rights
Anti-Federalist
Civil Liberties
freedoms to think and act without government inteference or fearof unfair legal treatment
Civil Rights
Policies designed toprotect people against discrimanatory treatment by government officials or individuals.
First Amendment
Freedom of Religon, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Establishment Clause
Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may not establish an official religon
Engle v. Vitale
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Cases about the EStablishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
A first Amendment provision that prohibits government from interfereing with the practice of Religon
Free Excercise Cases
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Freedom of Speech/Expression
the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. The right to express one’s self publicly
Cases about free speech
- Citizens United v. FEC
- Tinker v. Des Moines
- Schneck v. U.S.
- Texas v. Johnson
Reasonable government limitation on free speech
“clear and present danger”, Schneck v. United States, etc. to uphold public safety
Freedom of the press
Right of newspapers and other public media to publish articles believed to be accurate without government intervention or restraint
Cases about freedom of the press
New York Times v. United States
What is prior restraint?
government censorship of information before it’s published or broadcast
Civil Liberties/Rights while at school
Civil Liberties of students while at school can be reasonably limited
School Speech
Speech at school canbe limited by school officials reasonably
Cases about School Speech
- Bethel v. Fraser
- Morse v. Fredrick
- Hazelwood School district v. Kuhlmeier
Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bea arms, shall not be infringed
Cases about the second Amendment
- DC v. Heller
- McDonald v. Chicago
14th Amendment
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Cue Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, incorporation, and deals with post-Civil War issues
fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially for citizens
Due Process
Equal Protection Clause
14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying qual protection under the law, and has been used to combat discrimination
