Unit 3: Civil rights/liberties Flashcards
Amendment 1 (5 freedoms)
- Religion
- Speech
- Press
- Assembly
- Petition
Free exercise clause
protects citizens’ right to practice their religion as they please
Amendment 2
Access to a militia/right to bear arms
Amendment 3
No soldiers shall be quarted in someone’s home
Amendment 4
Protected against unreasonable search/seizure and no warrant can be issued unless there is probable cause
Amendment 5 (plead the 5th)
Privilege to not answer questions
Miranda v Arizona
court announced trials couldn’t use info from questioning unless miranda rights were
Amedment 6
right to speedy/public trial
Amendment 7
Right to a trial by jury
Amendment 8
No excessive bail/fines OR cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 9
The people have rights not listed in the Constitution
Amendment 10
Any rights not delegated to the US are given to the states
Mapp v Ohio
Courts can’t use illegally obtained evidence
Miranda v Arizona
Courts can’t use your answers unless the cop read your Miranda rights
Gideon v Wrainwright
requires states to provide lawyers
Proposing an amendment process
to propose a new amendment, it starts at the federal level with a 2/3 vote
Ratifying an amendment process
To ratify a new amendment it needs to happen at the state level with a 3/4 vote
Civil rights (shield)
Rights/freedoms guaranteed by the constitution
Civil liberties
Right to be free from unequal treatment
Two protections in the 14th amendment
- Citizenship
- Nothing takes away privileges/ immunities
Eminent domain
Exercise of power by government
Roe v Wade
legalized abortion in all 50 states
Obergefell v Hodges
legalized same sex marriage in all 50 states
Jim Crow laws
Legitimate discrimination laws in the south after the civil war
