POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: De Jure, De Facto, Civil Liberties

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Jamie Monogan

Document Summary

Civil rights: freedom from governmental discrimination (unequal treatment) based on age, gender, race, or other personal characteristics: allow individuals to participate in government, grant freedom from oppression. Civil liberties: the basic freedoms that citizens enjoy from governmental interference: freedoms of speech, press, assembly & religion, guarantees due process and other protections for criminal defendants. 1st amendment- protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. 2nd amendment- guarantees the states the right to establish a militia, and individuals the right to bear arms. 3rd amendment- ensures that citizens are not required to quarter troops in their home. 5th amendment- when an individual is tried not guilty they are not allowed to be tried again. 6th amendment- guarantees criminal defendants the right to speedy and public trial by an impartial jury. 7th amendment- provides the right to a trial by jury in civil cases. 8th amendment- protects the accused from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments.