Political Science

Civil Liberties Personal freedoms that are protected

For all individuals. Restraints the government actions against individuals.

14th Amendment Equal protection against government actions "due process of law" spelled out in the national Bill of Rights.

Prior Restraint

Government restraining the activity before it occurs.

To be considered obscene work it must be:

Social, artistic, literary and scientific

Slander

A spoken false statement which is damaging to ones reputation.

Marianda Rule

What is given to criminal defendants before questioning.

13th Amendment

Abolish Slavery

1896 Plessy V Ferguson Is not constitutional

1954 Brown V Board of Education

You must integrate public schools. This overturned Plessy V Furgeson.

Defacto Segregation

Racial segregation that occurs because of pattern of racial residence and similar social conditions.

Civil Rights Movement

Based on non violent civil disobedience

1965 Consequences of Civil Rights Legislation

Outlawed discriminatory voter registration test and ended discrimination against a particular group.

1968 Civil Rights Act

Housing discrimination became illigial

Sexual Harrasment

Supreme Court ruled that you should not create a hostile work environment

Affirmative Action

Policies to level the playing field by giving special preferences in educational adminissions and employment decisions to a group who has been discriminated against

Reverse discrimination

Discrimination against members of a majority group

Additional limits on affirmative action

Points should be the same for everyone

Consensus

General agreement among the citizends on an issue.

Generational Effect

A long lasting effect of events

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