A.P.
Assignment #21: March 3,
2008
1. Read: Read chapter 5 on Civil Liberties. Annotate the chapter. (Due March 10).
Locate
and take the quiz on-line—send me your results.
Answer the following questions and define the terms on a separate piece
of paper; your responses should be thorough and analytical. The questions should be answered in complete
paragraphs—they should begin with clear topic sentences. (Due March 10).
Terms:
1. Bill of
Rights
2. Civil liberties
3. Civil rights
4. Clear and present danger test
5. Direct incitement test
6. Double jeopardy clause
7. Due process clause
8. Due process rights
9. Eighth Amendment
10. Establishment clause
11. Exclusionary rule
12. Fifth Amendment
13. Fighting words
14. First Amendment
15. Fourth Amendment
16. Free exercise clause
17. Fundamental freedoms
18. Incorporation doctrine
19. Libel
20. Miranda
rights
21. Miranda
v.
22. New
York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
23. Ninth Amendment
24. Prior restraint
25. Right to privacy
26. Roe v.
Wade (1973)
27. Selective incorporation
28. Sixth Amendment
29. Slander
30. Substantive due process
31. Symbolic speech
32. Tenth Amendment
33. Writ of habeus
corpus
1) Discuss two constitutionally permissible
limitations on free speech.
2) Discuss freedom of the press in the
3) The Supreme Court has determined that
citizens have a right to privacy. What
is the constitutional basis for this right?
4) What is the Bill of Rights and why was it
added to the Constitution?
5) How has the Supreme Court interpreted the
Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms?
6) What is hate speech? To what extent can government restrict it?
7) How do protections against self-incrimination
and double jeopardy help ensure the rights of the accused?
8) Trace the evolution of legislative attempts
to regulate obscenity and judicial interpretations of these statutes.
9) What are the constitutional underpinnings for
the right to privacy? Discuss how the
right to privacy has evolved into issues such as contraception, abortion, and
sexual behavior.
10) Under what circumstances can the police
conduct warrantless searches?
11) In what ways have Supreme Court decisions
since Roe v. Wade permitted restrictions on the right to an abortion? In what ways have they upheld the right to an
abortion?
12) The First Amendment contains both the
establishment clause and the free exercise clause. Discuss how the Supreme Court has interpreted
these clauses and how these decisions have affected the "wall of
separation" between church and state.
13) What restrictions on freedom of speech and
freedom of the press are constitutionally permissible?
14) Discuss how Barron v. Baltimore and Gitlow v.
2. Current Events: Once again, read the news—be prepared to take a quiz
next week on events of significance in the news. Be sure you are familiar with what is going
on in the primary elections, the war in
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Week Twenty-three (3/3) |
Civil Liberties |
Chapter 5, O’Connor |
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Unit Six |
Public Policy |
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Week Twenty-four (3/10) |
Civil Rights |
Chapter 6, O’Connor |
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Easter Break (3/17) |
Social Welfare Policy |
Chapter 17, O’Connor |
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Week Twenty-five (3/24) |
Economic Policy |
Chapter 18, O’Connor |
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Week Twenty-six (3/31) |
Foreign and Military
Policy |
Chapter 19, O’Connor |
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Week Twenty-seven (4/7) |
Unit
test #6 |
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Unit Seven |
A.P. Review |
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Week Twenty-eight (4/14) |
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Practice Test |
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Week Twenty-nine (4/21) |
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Practice Test |
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Week Thirty (4/28) |
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Practice Test |
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Week Thirty-one (5/5) |
A.P.
Exam |
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Week Thirty-two (5/12) |
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Week Thirty-three (5/19) |
Semester
Final Exam |
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