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Terms | Definitions |
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 Civil Liberties rankings for countries/territories involved in hot spots around the world | Western counties have the most civil liberties. US, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy are rated with a 1 (highest ranking). Japan and Brazil (2). India (3). Russia (5). China (6). "Hot Spots" are territories involved in disputes. The US sides with Israel, Taiwan and South Korea. All of which have better civil liberty scores than its rivals. (See civil liberties slide 6) |
| Examples of rights defined by the Supreme Court not explicitly found in the Bill of Rights: | Flag burning, pornography on the Internet, abortion, death penalty and prayer in school |
| Example of civil liberty violations in states prior to 14th amendment: | Previously, States could violate free speech, establish state religion, conduct unreasonable searches and seizures and institute slavery. |
| Why founding fathers would be surprised that the "incorporation" doctrine was necessary: | They believed the federal gov't would be the greatest threat to freedom, but it turned out the states were the biggest violators of civil rights. The slavery issue is the best example of this. |
| President Buchanan's rationale for not interfering in the southern states to end slavery: | Believed the federal government could do nothing about slavery. There was no 14th amendment, which gave the federal gov't power to impose civil liberties in the Bill of Rights on the States. Bill of Rights only applied to federal gov't at that time. |
| Textbook (Ch17): What issue did the Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson (1989) address | What issue did the Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson (1989) address—Fundamental freedoms doctrine and, more specifically, free speech. Johnson had been arrested for burning an American flag during a protest. It was later overturned, saying the principal purpose of free speech is to invite dispute and the mere burning of the flag was "expressive conduct" that did not breach the peace. |
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