American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

LAW, ORDER, AND THE RIGHTS OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS | 111 array of complicated questions. It has attempted to achieve a balance b ...

112 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES states that illega lly obta ined evidence ca nnot be used in a crimina l tria l. The la nd- mark ...

LAW, ORDER, AND THE RIGHTS OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS | 113 been monitoring the phone calls of many U.S. citizens who have had cont ...

114 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES To  ensure a confession is truly a free choice, the Court established Miranda rights. If police ...

LAW, ORDER, AND THE RIGHTS OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS | 115 (except in death penalty cases, for which the state would provide a law ...

116 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES While never again challenging the death penalty, the Court has been chipping away at its edges f ...

PRIVACY RIGHTS| 117 Abortion Rights Eight years after Griswold the landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade struck down laws in 46 states ...

118 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES through this procedure.^100 Only three states have such a law, and it has been highly controvers ...

CONCLUSION| 119 While privacy rights may not be as fi rmly grounded in the Constitution as the freedom of speech or religion, t ...

120 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES DEFINING CIVIL LIBERTIES E Defi ne "civil liberties," and explain how the Bill of Rights came to ...

STUDY GUIDE|^121 FREEDOM OF RELIGION E Describe the First Amendment rights related to freedom of religion. Pages 104–09 SUMMARY ...

122 CHAPTER 4|CIVIL LIBERTIES THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS E Explore why the Second Amendment’s meaning on gun rights is often debat ...

STUDY GUIDE|^123 PRIVACY RIGHTS E Explain why the rights associated with privacy are often controversial. Pages 116–19 SUMMARY ...

Public Opinion and the Media 124 5 ...

125 A MERICANS ARE SHARPLY DIVIDED ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO allow gay and lesbian couples to marry: a 2012 Pew Trust poll f ...

126 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA A second question concerns the quality of public opinion in America. Candidates, po ...

WHAT IS PUBLIC OPINION?| 127 What Is Public Opinion? Public opinion describes what the population thinks about politics and gov ...

128 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA time. Some of these beliefs are obviously political, such as party identifi cation, ...

SOURCES OF OPINIONS| 129 Many studies of public opinion support the idea that most people form opinions on the spot using a wid ...

130 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA sometimes respond to events by modifying their opinions, for many individuals the i ...