Civil Rights And Civil Liberties Flashcards
(37 cards)
Title IX
Federal law that prohibits gender discrimination 1972
defense on marriage act
Left it to the states to decide whether same sex marriage was leagal
Affirmative action
Taking steps to end discrimination, a label placed on people to diversify by race or gender
Civil rights act of 1964
Establish the equal employment opportunities commission, which enforces laws that make discrimination in the workforce
Voting rights act of 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination while voting
14th amendment
Gave citizenship to all people who were born in the US
Privileges plus immunities under the 14th amendment
States cannot discriminate out of state residence
Selective incorporation under the 14th amendment
The process of applying the bill of rights to the state governments
Equal protection clause under the 14th amendment
Guarantees that all people in the state are treated fairly
Due process under the 14th amendment
The government must have a valid reason to take away a persons, life, liberty, or property
The 24th amendment
Prohibits poll tax on federal election voting
What are the unanimous court cases? (4)
Gideon v Wainwright, Brown versus the Board of Education ,schenck v US, Wisconsin, V Yoder
What court case where the parents sued the school because school official prayed which was against their religion.
Engel v viatle
What court case I had an illegally tamed pentagon papers, which were about the war and revealed that the government was lying to the people
NYT v u.s
According to this states law students must go to school past eighth grade however, this person sued the school saying that it goes against their religious beliefs to have their children go to school past the eighth grade
WI v Yoder
During the Vietnam war students were armbands to protest the Vietnam war nonviolently the school, says that they are disrupting other children, and while it was currently non-by later, it could progress into violence so the school didn’t want them to protest
Tinker v Des Moines
This person interfered with a draft which violeted the espionage act. This person claimed that this violated his right to freedom of speech he was encouraging people to defy the draft.
Schenck v us
This person committed a crime and was arrested. He wasn’t rich so he couldn’t afford an attorney, but according to the sixth amendment due process, everyone has the right to an attorney, but Florida law says only the death penalty cases can get an attorney.
Gideon vs wainwright
In this case, the court ruled that the US Constitution protects women’s rights to privacy, which makes the right to have an abortion because of due process cause of the 14th amendment
Roe v wade
Due to a higher crime rate, this city prohibited a person from possessing any firearm unless they are validly registrant this defied the second amendment.
McDonald v Chicago
Oliver was in a segregated school, which he claimed was harmful to his education this case, signal the end to legalize segregation
Brown v the Board of Education
Holding 6-1
Case Engle v vitals deemed that school prayers were unconstitutional
Holding 6-3
NYT v us freedom of press stands NYT
Holding 7-2
Tinker v Des Moines tinker, roe v wade roe
