POLI 2051 Lecture : Lecture Ch4 5
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Civil rights - they declare what government must individual. They take the form of negative restraints on government. Examples: freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, etc. do or provide. It is generally a claim upon state action, usually asserted by a group, usually the have nots in society. Examples: right to vote, right to a jury trial, housing and employment have been included more recently. Ii. very little meaning initially - it was seen as limiting action of the national government, not the state governments. And since authority over individual rights was exercised primarily by state governments, the bill of. Right did not significantly affect the course of america politics for the first 125 years after it was adopted. Constitutions contained their own guarantees of rights and liberties, and these constitutions were interpreted in state courts. The idea of a national or federal bill of rights had. Civil liberties: the bill of rights in context.
