Standard 8! YOU DID IT!!!Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

What is a civil right and civil liberty?

• Civil rights- Those rights promised to every U.S. citizen because of the 14th amendment.

• Civil Liberties- the freedom of a citizen to exercise customary rights, as of speech or assembly, without interference by the government.

Religious Freedom

• Free exercise clause- The government can’t interfere with religion unless it hurts someone.

• Establishment clause- Congress will not make a law that respects only one religion.

Landmark Religious court cases

• Wisconsin v. Yoder• Lemon v. Kurtzman• Engel v. Vitale• Epperson v. Arkansas• West Virginia Board of

Education v. Barnette

Free Speech

• Protected-Hate speech- as long as it doesn’t hurt someone-expression that does not hurt anyone (burning a flag) Texas v. Johnson

• Not Protected- libel- written- Slander- spoken

Landmark free speech cases

• Schenk v. U.S.• Tinker v. Des Moines• Texas v. Johnson• United States v. O’brien• Gitlow v. New York• Brandenburg v. Ohio

Separate but Equal doctrine

• Plessy v. Ferguson• Brown v. Board of

Education• Swann v. Charlotte-

Mecklenburg Board of Education

Rights of the Accused

• Right to remain silent• Right to an attorney• If you can’t afford one,

one will be appointed to you. (Gideon v. Wainwright)

• No double jeopardy• No cruel and unusual

punishment

Rights in schools

• Bakke v. California • Bethel School District v.

Fraser• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier• New Jersey v. TLO

Citizenship

• Born here• Born outside the

country to American parent/s

• Naturalized here- 5 step process- Expectations for new

citizens.

• Create a pamphlet of some sort online, on paper, etc… that outlines the steps for a person to become a citizen. Use pictures and easy English for those who may not understand or speak English very well.

What should you do?

• If you were unsuspectingly arrested for a crime you didn’t commit, what would you do? Use the amendments and court cases to show how you would progress through the legal system.

Discrimination• Individuals treated unfairly

because of their race, religion, gender, ethnic group or physical disability.

• Unlawful- making people ride in the back of bus because of color

• Lawful- smokers, adults only, bank loans based on income.