AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Executive Order 9066, Civil Liberties, Excessive Bail Clause
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Civil liberties: first amendment, fourth amendment, fifth amendment, sixths amendment, seventh amendment, eighth amendment. First amendment: freedom of speech: most important but has limitations, can be money, a ban on your arm. Fourth amendment: right to have privacy in your home and possessions, warrants, patriot act violate fourth. Sixth amendment: civil right to have the assistance of counsel for his defense, guantanamo bay prison, gideon v. wainwright 1963: if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you. Miranda v. arizona 1966: you have a right to counsel before self-incrimination. Eighth amendment: excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fine imposed, nor cruel unusual punishments inflicted. Water boarding, death penalty: mentally ill, juveniles, lethal injections. Incorporation of bill of rights: only dealt with federal level (barron v baltimore) 14th amendment applied to states: no state shall make or enforce any law. Other issues: habeas corpus: article i, section 9, means you have the body.
