Civil Liberties

Freedom versus Order

Civil Liberties definition

• Those personal freedoms that are protected for all individuals and that generally deal with individual freedoms and restraining government’s infringement of such freedoms.

Rights

• Religion• Speech• Press• Petition and Assembly• Searches & Seizures• Rights of the Accused• Privacy• Incorporation

Freedom of Religion (1)

• Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

• Stone v. Graham (1980)

• Oregon v. Smith (1990)

Freedom of Speech (1)

• Schenck v. US (1919)

• Gitlow v. New York (1923)

• New York Times v. US (1971)

• Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

• US v. Eichman (1990)

• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)

• Miller v. California (1972)

Freedom of the Press (1)

• New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

• Nebraska Press Assn v. Stuart (1976)

• Gannett v. De Pasquale (1978)

• Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia (1980)

Freedom of Assembly and Petition (1)

• Smith v. Collin (1978)

• Chicago v. Morales (1999)

Searches and Seizures (4)

• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)– Exceptions

Rights of Due Process and of the Accused (5 & 6)

• Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

• Gideon v. Wainright (1963)

• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)– Exceptions

Death Penalty (8)

• Furman v. Georgia (1972)

• Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

Other Rights (9)

• Olmstead v. US (1928)

• Katz v. US (1967)

• Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

• Roe v. Wade (1971)

Due Process Applies to State Law (14)

• Baron v. Baltimore (1833)

• Near v. Minnesota (1931)