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POL 140-10
Spring 2015
 Civil liberties issues dominate headlines
 Civil liberties issues part of national policy
 Has Bill of Rights really helped to secure
individual freedoms of Americans?
 Individual freedoms placing limitations on the
power of government
 Fundamental rights outside the authority and
regulation and government
The Social Contract
“Consent of
the Governed”
Locke
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the Freedom of Speech”
 Allows for an informed citizenry
 Provides against influence of government
 Provides a voice for the minority
 Preserves existence of truth in society
 Speech Criticizing the Government
 “Fighting Words” and Offensive Speech
 Symbolic Speech
 Sexually Explicit Speech
 Campaign Finance: Money as Speech?
 Sedition
 Speech criticizing the government for the purpose
of inciting rebellion
John Adams
 “Free speech” did not occur after WWI
 Passage of sedition acts aimed at anyone
considered “anti-government.”
 Two Main Goals:
 Limit anti-war ideas
 Limit supporters of radical governmental change
CHARLES SCHENCK JUSTICE HOLMES
 Paul Cohen accused of wearing jacket with
“F*** the Draft” on it.
 Message not targeting anyone in particular
 No evidenceCohen was actively promoting
disturbance
 First Amendment does NOT automatically
protect against obscene speech
 Supreme Court and InformalTests
 MillerTest
 Does work offensively depict or describe sexual acts?
 Whether the work, taken as whole, lacks serious
literary, artistic, political, or scientific” value
(SLAPSTest)
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom…of the press”
 Restrictions on press before message published
 Dangerous form of censorship
 Limits “marketplace of ideas”
 Libel is publishing of false and damaging
statements about another person
 Supreme Court says person must show:
 Statements were false or damaging
 Publisher must have acted maliciously
“Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”
 Establishment Clause
 Free Exercise Clause
 Federal government may not pass laws
providing for “an establishment” of religion
THOMAS JEFFERSON JAMES MADISON
SEPARATIONISTS
 Clear division between
church and state
ACCOMODATIONISTS
 State should NOT be
separate from religion
 Accommodate religion,
without showing preference
for one religion
ENGELV.VITALE (1962)
 Unconstitutional for state
officials to compose official
prayer and encourage it to
be recited in public schools
LEMONV. KURTZMAN (1973)
 Established LemonTest to
judge if laws relating to
religious activity are
constitutional:
 Individuals may freely practice religion
without interference from government
 Probable Cause
 Exclusionary Rule
 If search found to violate Fourth Amendment
 Evidence resulting from search cannot be used
 Exceptions: “Good Faith,” “PlainView”
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall…
have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence”
Clarence Earl Gideon
Terri Schiavo
Cruzan v. Missouri
Department of Health
(1983)

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Pol 140 fundamental_american_liberties SP15

  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.  Civil liberties issues dominate headlines  Civil liberties issues part of national policy  Has Bill of Rights really helped to secure individual freedoms of Americans?
  • 5.
  • 6.  Individual freedoms placing limitations on the power of government  Fundamental rights outside the authority and regulation and government
  • 7.
  • 8. The Social Contract “Consent of the Governed” Locke
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11. “Congress shall make no law…abridging the Freedom of Speech”
  • 12.  Allows for an informed citizenry  Provides against influence of government  Provides a voice for the minority  Preserves existence of truth in society
  • 13.  Speech Criticizing the Government  “Fighting Words” and Offensive Speech  Symbolic Speech  Sexually Explicit Speech  Campaign Finance: Money as Speech?
  • 14.
  • 15.  Sedition  Speech criticizing the government for the purpose of inciting rebellion
  • 17.  “Free speech” did not occur after WWI  Passage of sedition acts aimed at anyone considered “anti-government.”  Two Main Goals:  Limit anti-war ideas  Limit supporters of radical governmental change
  • 19.
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  • 22.  Paul Cohen accused of wearing jacket with “F*** the Draft” on it.  Message not targeting anyone in particular  No evidenceCohen was actively promoting disturbance
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  • 27.  First Amendment does NOT automatically protect against obscene speech  Supreme Court and InformalTests  MillerTest  Does work offensively depict or describe sexual acts?  Whether the work, taken as whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific” value (SLAPSTest)
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  • 30. “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom…of the press”
  • 31.  Restrictions on press before message published  Dangerous form of censorship  Limits “marketplace of ideas”
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  • 33.  Libel is publishing of false and damaging statements about another person  Supreme Court says person must show:  Statements were false or damaging  Publisher must have acted maliciously
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  • 35. “Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”
  • 36.  Establishment Clause  Free Exercise Clause
  • 37.  Federal government may not pass laws providing for “an establishment” of religion
  • 39. SEPARATIONISTS  Clear division between church and state ACCOMODATIONISTS  State should NOT be separate from religion  Accommodate religion, without showing preference for one religion
  • 40. ENGELV.VITALE (1962)  Unconstitutional for state officials to compose official prayer and encourage it to be recited in public schools LEMONV. KURTZMAN (1973)  Established LemonTest to judge if laws relating to religious activity are constitutional:
  • 41.  Individuals may freely practice religion without interference from government
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  • 44.  Probable Cause  Exclusionary Rule  If search found to violate Fourth Amendment  Evidence resulting from search cannot be used  Exceptions: “Good Faith,” “PlainView”
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  • 47. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall… have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence”
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  • 57. Terri Schiavo Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health (1983)