Final review-- Lesson 18-20
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adversary system | accused is innocent til proven guilty lawyers investigate how u.s. operates burdon on lawyers/ prosecution |
| Inquistorial system | judges ask questions court personnel conducts investigation accused is guilty till proven innocent |
| Procedural due process | (a) government must follow known and established procedures and may not act unpreductable (b) government must seek to proce and be given a fair trial by jury of their peers and right to confornt witness |
| Substantive due process | government must have a "compelling or exeedingly important reason to interfeere or regulate with fudemental rights. The laws that are not fair can be vetoed |
| Fundemental rights | Right to marry; have kids right to birth control religious freedoms free speech right to vote |
| Protected groups | race, ethnicity status, legal alien Religion, national origin gender, iligitamacy Age, wealth |
| Strict scrutiny | (a) government must show really good reason why this law is being created and why the restrictions on a particular group (b) catagories in this level: race, religon, status as legal alien (c) rights in level: vote & travel |
| Intermediate scrutiny | (a) Upheld if the means chosen are substantially related to an important government interest/purpose. (Need not be the least restrictive alternative.) The government has the burden of proof. (b) catagories in level: gender & illegitamacy |
| Rational basis | (a) group challeging the law must show that the law is NOT RATIONAL (b) catagories in this level: age, wealth, disablility |
| Citizenship | " no state shall deny the privleges or immunities of citizenship" |
| Due process | (a) gives congress the power to enforce the requeiment through "appropriate legislation" (b) any restrictions on national and state powers |
| Equal protection | " no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" |
| Women's sufferage movement | (a) Fredric Douglas and Elizabeth Stanton produced a document "the seneca falls declaration os sentiment"(1848) |
| Indian citizenship act | Extending franchise to all "indians born within the turitorial limits of the U.S" |
| Voting rights act | outlawed discrimination against any minorit by banning voting requirments |
| Dawes act | extending citizenship to native americans |
| Indian Naturalization act | Indians can become citizens if they go through a process similar to natrualization |
| 15th amendment | Black men could vote |
| 19th amnendment | women could vote |
| 24th amendment | poor white men could vote Voting for native americans |
| 26th amendment | 18yrs olds could vote |
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