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unit 4 Flashcards

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Selective Incorporation

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a constitutional doctrine that ensures that states cannot create laws that infringe or take away the constitutional rights of citizens.

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Seditious Speech

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Schenck v. US 1919
Speaking out against the govt
Schenck arrested for law espionage act
Clear and Present Danger

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Civil Liberties

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individual protections from the government

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Bill of Rights

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First Ten Amendments in U.S. Constitution added in 1791.
“Congress shall make no law”

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Pure Speech

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Cohen V CA 1969
“One man’s vulgarity is another man’s lyric”

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Symbolic Speech

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Tinker v. Des Moines ISD
“Disruption test”
Arm bands wore to protest vietnam war

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Obscenity

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-Roth v US 1957
- Mailer out of NY entitled “American Aphrodite”
First Amendment does not protect obscene speech.

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Press

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Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
“Actual malice”
Public Official / Public Figures

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Speech Posts

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Anthony Elonis v. US (2015)
Aka Rapper Tone Dougie
“One way to love you and a thousand ways to kill you…”
“Subjective Intent”

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Mahanoy Area School District v B.L. (2021)

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Brandi Levy
“ fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything”
Student Prevails

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Nohemi Gonzales V. Google (2022) ,Twitter v. Taamneh (2022)

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“Act of international terrorism”
Liable for aiding and abetting under Section 230

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Religion 1st amendment

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establishment clause

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Engel vs. Vitale (1961)

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the Supreme Court ruled that school-sponsored prayer in public schools violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

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Santa Fe ISD vs. Jane Doe (2000)

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Prayer at football game

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Free Exercise Clause - Not Absolute

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May:
Animal Sacrifices
Amish Attendance
May not:
Snake Handling
Polygamy

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2nd Amendment - Right to bear arms

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District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
“Unloaded and disassembled” or with a “trigger lock”
Right to protect one’s self

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4th Amendment Search & Seizure

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Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Exclude Illegally Obtained Evidence

Search with No Warrant
Open Fields
Border Search
Public Trash

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5th Amendment Self Incrimination

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Miranda v Arizona (1966)
“Right to remain silent”
Dickerson v US (2000)
“ Part of American Culture”
Salinas v Texas (2013)
“Must invoke the right” - not “ self executing”

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8th Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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William Henry Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Halted use of death penalty

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-Miller v CA 1973
-Literary
-Artistic
-Political
-Scientific

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Roth and miller should be attached

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What is the takings clause?

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prohibits the government from taking private property without just compensation

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Explain the difference between civil liberties and civil rights.

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Civil rights are not in the Bill of Rights; they deal with legal protections. For example, the right to vote is a civil right. A civil liberty, on the other hand, refers to personal freedoms protected from government intrusion such as those listed in the Bill of Rights

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What does the Children’s Internet Protection Act require?

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require schools and libraries receiving certain federal funding to block children’s access to obscene material, child pornography, and material deemed harmful to minors

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Would a college classroom be considered a public forum?

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No

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What can police search without a warrant?

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Open Fields
Border Search
Public Trash

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Explain the significance of the Patriot Act.

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enabled investigators to gather information when looking into the full range of terrorism-related crimes, including: chemical-weapons offenses, the use of weapons of mass destruction, killing Americans abroad, and terrorism financing

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Fiscal Policy

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is the use of government spending and taxation to influence the economy

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economic advisors

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treasury dept

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goals of fiscal policy

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national interest, please constituents and reduce poverty

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monetary policy

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control a nation’s overall money supply and achieve economic growth

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federal reserve

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monitors financial system risks and engages at home and abroad to help ensure the system supports a healthy economy for U.S. households, communities, and businesses.

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federal reserve term length

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14 years

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Social Policy

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addresses how states and societies respond to global challenges of social, demographic and economic change, and of poverty, migration and globalisation

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FDR Social Policy

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New Deal:
AFDC ran by national and state govt( Aid to family with dependent children)
Social Security, nationally ran

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JFK Social Policy

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“Rediscovery of poverty”

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LBJ Social Policy

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Great Society
Medicaid, ran by state and national level
Medicare , ran by national govt
Food Stamps, ran by state and national level

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Richard Nixon Social Policy

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Guarantee an Income
1,600 a month

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Ronald Reagan Social Policy

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Family Support Act
Work
Child Support

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Bill Clinton Social Policy

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“End welfare as we know it”

Welfare Reform Law
AFDC renamed TANF
Time Limits
Work Requirements

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Bush Jr Social Policy

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Healthy Marriage Initiative

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Obama Social Policy

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Food Stamps Renamed SNAP

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Donald J. Trump Social Policy

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Harvest Box

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Sleepy Joe Social Policy

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American Families Plan

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Foreign Policy

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Congress can declare war, Confirm Ambassadors & Treaties , Appropriations

President, State Department , Defense Department , National Security Council , Joint Chiefs of Staff

Goals, World Peace, Economic Prosperity , Human Rights , Democracy

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Areas of Policy (FP)

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Isolationism, George Washington , Monroe Doctrine
Internationalism, Pearl Harbor , Cold War
Superpower - ability to use nuclear weapon , Korean War, Vietnam War
Humanitarianism , Kosovo , Haiti , Darfur
Terrorism , “axis of evil”
Nationalism , USMCA , Argentina, Brazil

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Political Organizations (FP)

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UN
NATO

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Economic Organizations (FP)

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IMF - Stability of International monetary system
World Bank - Loans For Infrastructure
WTO - “most favored nation” status

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Civil Rights

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protect groups of people

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Homer Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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” separate but equal”
dissent says constitution is color blind
Homer Plessy, seven-eighths white, seated himself in the whites-only car and was arrested. He argued that Louisiana’s segregation law violated the 13th Amendment banning of slavery and the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

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Sylvia Mendez v. Westminster (1947)

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Wasn’t aloud to enroll in school because of her skin
Review state of california
Desegregate Public schools

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George McLaurin v. Oklahoma State (1950)

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McLaurin is a “non traditional student” - over age of 25
Can’t admit cause they don’t have a separate of equal school to attend
Provide Access to PhD Program

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Heman Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

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Non traditional student
Provide Access to Law School

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Brown v Board of Education Topeka Kansas

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Overturned the plessy ruling

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Hernandez v Driscoll CISD 1956

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Had to go through the first grade three times
Was violating rights

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Civil RIghts Act of 1964

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prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin

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Civil Right groups

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African Americans
SCLC

Native Americans
AIM

Hispanics
LULAC

Asian Americans
AALDEF

Women
NOW

Homosexuals
LLDEF

Disabled Americans
ADAPT
Americans With Disabilities Act
-reasonable accommodations

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Affirmative action

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programs attempting to either compensate for past discriminator or to create more diversity

58
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University of CA V. Bakke

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Quota System
Counted races admitted
Affirmative Action is lawful

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Hopwood vs. Texas

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Outlawed use of Affirmative Action in Miss, TX, and LA
Top Ten Percent Law
Overturns affirmative action

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Grutter v. Bollinger

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“University of Michigan Case”
Point System (20 pts)
Violates Equal Protection
Reaffirms Affirmative Action

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UT Austin

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High School Students Shrinking Percentage
Transfer Students “holistic review”

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Dred Scot v. Sandford

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was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the United States Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African

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13th amendment

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abolished slavery in the United States

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14th amendment

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granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.

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15th amendment

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granted African American men the right to vote

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NAACP

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Founded by W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, to ensure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of States and eliminate race prejudice

67
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What is de jure segregation and de facto

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segregation that is imposed by law, de facto- a situation in which legislation did not overtly segregate students by race, but nevertheless school segregation continue

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Medicaid

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a program of medical aid designed for those unable to afford regular medical service and financed by the state and federal governments.

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medicare

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federal health insurance program for: People who are 65 or older.

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diplomacy

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the art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations

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difference between soft power and hard power.

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A military invasion is hard power. Economic sanctions are hard power. In contrast, coopted or soft power is the capacity to persuade others to do what one wants

72
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Describe what constitutes a recession.

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a temporary contraction of the economy in which there is no economic growth for two consecutive quarters

73
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two presidencies theory.

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president deals with both Foreign and Domestic Policy

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