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Unit 5 Dialogue #3; Civil Liberty and Civil Rights
SSCG6 The student will demonstrate
knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights
d. Explain how government seeks to maintain
the balance between individual liberties and
the public interest.
e. Explain every citizen’s right to be treated
equally under the law.
U5 Federal Courts
U5A1; Organization, Jurisdiction, and Procedures of the
Federal Courts ✔
U5A2; Crime and Punishment✔
U5A3; Civil Liberties and Rights✔
Unit 5 Federal Courts
What am I Learning Today?
•The meaning and the ways in which Civil
Liberties and Civil Rights play a role in our
society.
How will I know I have learned it?
•Completion of Text/Activity, ticket out the
door, passing Content Quiz, passing Unit
Exam.
Introduction Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
•Natural Rights v Hobbes
•Locke; Life Liberty Property
•Civil Rights; the rights all
citizens share
•Civil Liberties the rights
citizens allowed to decide
•Problem, People want
unlimited Liberty
•Unlimited liberty conflicts with
rights of others.
Unit 5 Federal Courts
What am I Learning Today?
•The meaning and the ways in which Civil
Liberties and Civil Rights play a role in our
society.
How will I know I have learned it?
•Completion of Text/Activity, ticket out the
door, passing Content Quiz, passing Unit
Exam.
Unit 5 Judicial Branch
SSCG6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of
civil liberties and civil rights
d. Explain how government seeks to maintain the
balance between individual liberties and the public
interest.
e. Explain every citizen’s right to be treated equally
under the law.
U5 Federal Courts
U5A1; Organization, Jurisdiction, and Procedures of the
Federal Courts ✔
U5A2; Crime and Punishment✔
U5A3; Civil Liberties and Rights✔
The Bill of Rights
•Stated Rights of a Citizen
•1st Amendment; Individual
Rights; Religion, Speech,
Press, Assembly, Petition
•2nd-4th Amendments;
Protection from
Government
•5th-8th Amendments; Rights
of accused
•9th Rights not listed-people
•10th Powers not listed-
State
The 14th Amendment and Due Process
•13th Ends Slavery
•14th Defines Citizen-
Born or Naturalized
with Rights
•14th; Adds States “Can
NOT deny any rights
without due process.”
Selective Incorporation of Constitutional Rights
•Many rights fall under 9th
Amendment-not listed
•10th State’s power to deny
these rights
•Supreme Court did not
want to decide every future
rights case.
•Selective Incorporation
only original rights, will be
considered by Court.
Individual Liberties and Public Interest
•Liberty; Right to act on
rights as one pleases
•Rights of one interferes
with rights of other-conflict
•Public Interest what
society through elected
government decides by law
•Conflicts settled by the
courts
Equal Justice/Treatment Under the Law
•Governments is
responsible to protect
all people’s rights
•Done by insuring that
all people obey the law
•That no one is above
the Law
•That all violations are
prosecuted through due
process