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Unalienabl e Rights Freedom of Religion Freedom of Speech & Press CIVIL LIBERTIES: FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS
Transcript of Civil liberties
Unalienable Rights
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech & Press
CIVIL LIBERTIES:
FIRST AMENDMENT
FREEDOMS
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
CIVIL LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS
LIMITS ON RIGHTS
Bill of Rights restricts the Federal gov’t14 th Amendment’s “due process clause” makes it
apply to states
FEDERALISM & THE 14TH AMENDMENT
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
How high is this “wall of separation”?
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE
Public schools cannot sponsor religious exercises
Public posting of 10 Commandments“moment of silence”Prayer as part of public school graduationStudent-led prayer at football game
RELIGION & EDUCATION
U N C O N S T I T U T I O N A L
-- Student-led religious groups can meet in the same terms as other student organizations
-- Religious schools can get aid, as long as the money does not go to religious activities
“freedom for the thought that we hate,” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
LimitsLibel
Slander
Seditious speech
FREE SPEECH & PRESS
FLAG BURNING
Due Process
Freedom & Security of the Person
Rights of the Accussed
Punishment
CIVIL LIBERTIES:
PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS
DUE PROCESS
State can protect and promote public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
What does this look like?
POLICE POWER
Do you have a right to privacy?
“right to be free, except in very limited circumstances, from unwanted governmental intrusions into one’s privacy.”
Stanley v. Georgia (1969)
14 th AmendmentRoe v. Wade: privacy “encompasses a woman’s
decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.”
Why is privacy important today?
PRIVACY
4TH AMENDMENT
“in plain view”
“informational roadblocks”
When making a lawful arrest
“movable scene of a crime”
NO WARRANT NEEDED
Evidence gathered illegally cannot be usedExceptions“inevitable discovery”
“good faith”
“honest mistake”
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
A violation of the 4 th Amendment?
https : / /www.youtube .com/watch?v=NW9iwS3rTvo
DRUG TESTING
writ of habeas corpusbill of attainderEx post facto lawsGrand juryDouble jeopardySpeedy and public trialsTrial by juryRight to an adequate defenseSelf-incrimination
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED
