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civil rights and liberties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil Liberties | Government can't take. Individuals. |
| Civil Rights | Rights the government gives you. Rights the government protects. |
| Due process clause | 5th and 14th. Goc can't take basil rights without the due process of law. |
| Substantive Due process | Fairness of the law itself |
| Procedural Due process | Fairness of the method used |
| Establishment Clause | No national Religion |
| Free Exercise clause | No interfering with practice of religion unless illegal |
| Fed. 78 | Judicial branch is the least dangerous, Judicial review. |
| Brutus 1 | too many interests, Gov too far away. Loose your rigths. |
| 6th | Right to lawyer, jury, fair, speedy and public trial. |
| Fed 51 | Checks and balances, legislative is strongest so split it up. |
| Fed 10 | Factions, Large republic protects mayority rules and minority rights. |
| Barron v. baltimore | Ruled Bill of Rights did not apply to states. |
| 5th | No double jeopardy, Remain Silent, Due process. |
| 4th | No searches. |
| 3rd | Privacy of the home from soldiers. |
| Lemon test | Check if it violated establishment clause. |
| Fed 70 | Strong Executive, only one. |
| Mapp v Ohio | Set Exclusionary rule. |
| 8th | No excessive punishment. |
| Direct incitement test | Speech can be limited if it aims to cause a lawless actions. |
| SNCC | Student Non-violent Cordinating Committe |
| SCLC | By Marthin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent civil resistant. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | LBJ End segregation in public and employment discrimination. |
| CORE | By james Farmer, connected to Freedom Riders. |
| Black Panters | Fight police brutality and support black communities. |
| Marshall | Lawyer for NAACP, first black SC judge. |
| WEB DUbois | CO-founded NAACP |
| Voting RIghts Act of 1965 | LBJ, Overcome legal barriers made to impede votes. |