CIVIL LIBERTIES KATIE BLEVINS INTEGRATING FALL 2012
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BARON V. BALTIMORE Challenges the right to Property John Baron
Warf Owner- sued the state because they drained sewage into his
Warf. Baron Lost the Case The Bill of Rights does not protect
against the states. The 14 th amendment incorporated the
states.
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FREEDOM OF RELIGION Congress should make no law either
advancing or inhibiting the Freedom of Religion or the exercise
there of. Reynolds v. U.S.- 1878 Department of Health and Human
Services of Oregon, et al v. Alfred L. Smith
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ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE The government cannot federally back a
church. Aid to parochial schools Lemon v. Kurzmon Lead to the Lemon
Test School Prayer Engel v. Vatale Religious displays on public
property
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH Sedition Dennis v. U.S. Brandenburg v.
Ohio
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FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY Chicago v. Morales
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS NO PRIOR RESTRAINT Until the New York
Times printed the Pentagon Papers The papers were a threat to
national security They were shut down under the cause for national
security. Obscenity Roth v. U.S. Hicklin Test Miller v. California
Overturned Roth
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FOURTH AMENDMENT TERRY V. OHIO Established the Terry Search
MAPP V. OHIO Dorlee Mapp was suspected of harboring a bombing
fugitive. The cops kept looking until they found something illegal
that had nothing to do with the original search warrant.
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FIFTH AMENDMENT Miranda v. Arizona Miranda Rights Double
Jeopardy- is being tried twice for the same crime Palko v.
Connecticut `
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SIXTH AMENDMENT Gideon v. Wainright Gideon broke in to a pool
hall He could not afford an attorney to defend himself Thus leading
to legal counsel being provided for the poor
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EIGHTH AMENDMENT Atkins v. Virginia Atkins killed someone and
was sentenced to death Furmen v. Georgia States that executing the
mentally retarded is considered cruel and unusual punishment Katz
v. U.S. Electronic and survalince case Giswald v. Connecticut deals
with family planning
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CIVIL RIGHTS 13 th Amendment Abolishes Slavery 14 th Amendment
Equal Protection Clause 15 th Amendment Gives Newly Freed Slaves
the right to Votes 19 th Amendment Gives women the right to
vote
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CIVIL RIGHTS CASES Scott v. Sanford Scott moved his slave above
the Mason-Dixion line Sanford sued for his freedom because he was
in a free state Slaves are property they cannot win court cases
Plessy v. Fergison Established separate but equal
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YOU ARE PROTECTED AGAINST: Exofacto law Latin for after the
fact Meaning you cannot go to jail for something you did in the
past which was legal at the time that is now illegal Treason has to
be committed against country 2 eyewitnesses to prove treason No
Corruption of blood The family would be sentenced with
espionage
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YOU ARE PROTECTED AGAINST: Political Dissent- Writ of Habeas
Corpus The Great Writ It was suspended during World War II A Bill
of Attainder Where Congress outlawed a certain group of people U.S.
v. Lovett Lovett Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands was thought to
be a communist by the state department.
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RESOURCES All notes come from the lectures of Tony Horton The
lectures were given in November 8 th and 15 th 2012 The notes were
recorded by Katie Blevins