Bill of Rights And Civil Liberties

Question 0

Civil liberties and Civil rights both…

Answer 0

Limit the powered the government

Question 1

Civil liberties v. Civil rights

Answer 1

Civil liberties protect individuals from abuses of the government
Civil rights come about as a result of equal protection under the law

Question 2

Who originally insisted on the Bill of Rights?

Answer 2

Anti-Federalists

Question 3

The ___________ Court was responsible for key sections that clarified the nature of the government

Answer 3

The Marshall Court 
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland 
Gibbons v. Ogden 
Even though the Court ruled that it had the power to declare state law unconstitutional, it refused to extend the provisions of the Bill of Rights to states

Question 4

Barron v. Baltimore

Answer 4

Marshall Court ruled that the Bill of Rights only extended to the national government, not the states
Est. Concept of judicial federalism and dual citizenship

Question 5

First time the Supreme Court applied the Bill of Rights to a state case

Answer 5

Gitlow v. NY

Incorporated Bill of Rights through 14th Amendment

Question 6

Brady Bill

Answer 6

Passed under Reagan
Placed restrictions on handguns
Supreme Court did strike down the clause forcing instant checks for gun purchasers