Unit 5 Dialogue #3; Civil Liberty and Civil Rights

SSCG6 The student will demonstrate

knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights

d. Explain how government seeks to maintain

the balance between individual liberties and

the public interest.

e. Explain every citizen’s right to be treated

equally under the law.

U5 Federal Courts

U5A1; Organization, Jurisdiction, and Procedures of the

Federal Courts ✔

U5A2; Crime and Punishment✔

U5A3; Civil Liberties and Rights✔

Unit 5 Federal Courts

What am I Learning Today?

•The meaning and the ways in which Civil

Liberties and Civil Rights play a role in our

society.

How will I know I have learned it?

•Completion of Text/Activity, ticket out the

door, passing Content Quiz, passing Unit

Exam.

Introduction Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

•Natural Rights v Hobbes

•Locke; Life Liberty Property

•Civil Rights; the rights all

citizens share

•Civil Liberties the rights

citizens allowed to decide

•Problem, People want

unlimited Liberty

•Unlimited liberty conflicts with

rights of others.

Unit 5 Federal Courts

What am I Learning Today?

•The meaning and the ways in which Civil

Liberties and Civil Rights play a role in our

society.

How will I know I have learned it?

•Completion of Text/Activity, ticket out the

door, passing Content Quiz, passing Unit

Exam.

Unit 5 Judicial Branch

SSCG6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of

civil liberties and civil rights

d. Explain how government seeks to maintain the

balance between individual liberties and the public

interest.

e. Explain every citizen’s right to be treated equally

under the law.

U5 Federal Courts

U5A1; Organization, Jurisdiction, and Procedures of the

Federal Courts ✔

U5A2; Crime and Punishment✔

U5A3; Civil Liberties and Rights✔

The Bill of Rights

•Stated Rights of a Citizen

•1st Amendment; Individual

Rights; Religion, Speech,

Press, Assembly, Petition

•2nd-4th Amendments;

Protection from

Government

•5th-8th Amendments; Rights

of accused

•9th Rights not listed-people

•10th Powers not listed-

State

The 14th Amendment and Due Process

•13th Ends Slavery

•14th Defines Citizen-

Born or Naturalized

with Rights

•14th; Adds States “Can

NOT deny any rights

without due process.”

Selective Incorporation of Constitutional Rights

•Many rights fall under 9th

Amendment-not listed

•10th State’s power to deny

these rights

•Supreme Court did not

want to decide every future

rights case.

•Selective Incorporation

only original rights, will be

considered by Court.

Individual Liberties and Public Interest

•Liberty; Right to act on

rights as one pleases

•Rights of one interferes

with rights of other-conflict

•Public Interest what

society through elected

government decides by law

•Conflicts settled by the

courts

Equal Justice/Treatment Under the Law

•Governments is

responsible to protect

all people’s rights

•Done by insuring that

all people obey the law

•That no one is above

the Law

•That all violations are

prosecuted through due

process