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Civil Liberties and Key Supreme Court Cases

Chapter 4 covers key concepts of civil liberties, including the Bill of Rights proposed by the first United States Congress. It discusses significant Supreme Court cases such as Near v. Minnesota, which addressed prior restraint on publication, and Miranda v. Arizona, which established the need for informing suspects of their rights. Additionally, it highlights important amendments like the 1st, 4th, and 5th, and their implications on individual rights.

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Civil Liberties and Key Supreme Court Cases

Chapter 4 covers key concepts of civil liberties, including the Bill of Rights proposed by the first United States Congress. It discusses significant Supreme Court cases such as Near v. Minnesota, which addressed prior restraint on publication, and Miranda v. Arizona, which established the need for informing suspects of their rights. Additionally, it highlights important amendments like the 1st, 4th, and 5th, and their implications on individual rights.

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Chapter 4 Study Guide Questions :

1. Define Civil liberties.


• Personal liberties that the government can not take away
2. Which Congress wrote and proposed the “Bill of Rights”?
• The first united states Congress
3. What are the 5 protections stated in the 1st Amendment (5
protections)?
• Freedom of speech, religion, the press, the right to assemble, and
the right to petition the government.
4. Explain the Selective Incorporation Doctrine?
• How the supreme court made states follow the bill of rights, one
right at a time, using the fourteenth Amendment.
5. What was decided in the SCOTUS case of Near v. Minnesota? What
was the legal concept known as?
• Decided that prior restraint on publication violates freedom of the
press under the First Ammendment, except in limited
circumstances.
6. What was decided in the SCOTUS case of -New York Times v.
Sullivan?
7. What is Libel?
• It involves publishing false statement
8. What is Slander?
• The action or crime of making a false spokesman statement
damaging to a persons reputation
9. What is the main concept of the 4th Amendment?
• Protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by
the government
10. What is the main concept of the 5th Amendment?
• Protecting individual rights during legal proceedings
11. What was significant about Miranda v. Arizona?
• It established that criminal suspects must be informed of their
constitutional rights
12. What did SCOTUS decide in Boumediene v. Bush?
• Detainees have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S
courts.
13. Who proposed the Bill of Rights?
• Was not formally proposed by one single individual
14. What was decided in Scheck v. United States?
• Decided that speech that presents a “clear and present danger” is
not protected by the First Amendment.
15. Which SCOTUS case decided for marriage equality?
• Obergefell v. Hodges decided in favor of marriage equality.

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