American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

DEFINING CIVIL LIBERTIES| 91 Defi ning Civil Liberties The terms civil rights and civil liberties are often used interchangeabl ...

92 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES HOW CAN CONFLICTS BE RESOLVED between civil liberties and other legitimate interests, such as pub ...

DEFINING CIVIL LIBERTIES| LAST OCCURRING A HEAD|^9393 You Decide DRAWING LINES AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT The Supreme Court has ...

94 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES of civil liberties from state actions should reside in state constitutions.) In other states, the ...

DEFINING CIVIL LIBERTIES| 95 Selective Incorporation and the Fourteenth Amendment The signifi cance of the Bill of Rights incre ...

96 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES SELECTIVE INCORPORATION TABLETABLE » »^ 5.14.1 AMENDMENT ISSUE CASE First Amendment Freedom of sp ...

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, AND THE PRESS| 97 his writings were the “language of direct incitement,” but it also warned state ...

98 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION The basis for the continuum of protected speech lies in the content of t ...

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, AND THE PRESS | 99 This clear and present danger test meant that the government could suppress any ...

100 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE LAWS BANNING HATE SPEECH constitutional? Sometimes yes, but the threshold is relatively high ...

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, AND THE PRESS | 101 trespassing, or other violations of the law, but he could not be convicted und ...

102 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES report on internal planning for the Vietnam War. Ultimately, the Court decided that the governme ...

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, AND THE PRESS | 103 SLANDER AND LIBEL A more extensive line of cases prohibiting speech concerns s ...

104 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES that gave rise to the Miller test, which is still applied today.^43 The test has three standards ...

FREEDOM OF RELIGION| 105 cited in Court decisions that prohibit state aid for religious activities, but lately the Court has be ...

106 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES advanced or inhibited religion, or (3) fostered “an excessive government entangle- ment with rel ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the f ...

May people be forced to work on Friday night and Saturday if those are their days of worship? (no); May religious dress be regul ...

THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS| 109 the sacramental use of the tea, indicating a shift back toward the stricter standard for justifying ...

110 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES In 2008 a landmark ruling recognized for the fi rst time an individual right to bear arms for se ...