POLI 1100 Lecture 7: 2-6 week 4
22 May 2018
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I. Defining civil liberties and Civil Rights
a. Civil liberties: individual freedoms that place limitations on the powers of government
i. Found in the Bill of Rights.
b. Civil rights: the extension of government action to secure citizenship rights to all
members of society
i. All of the civil liberties got extended to different groups to society. Extending
protections to different groups A lot of groups not covered in the constitution.
c. How rights conflict—individuals against individuals and individuals against society
i. Oe idiidual’s rights goig agaist aother perso’s idiidual too.
ii. Mirada arig: ofte is the ase, if soeoe is’t read the Mirada rights,
they might get let go even if they are known to be guilty.
II. Bill of rights and the 14th amendment
a. Location and content
i. The ill of rights ostl sas the atioal goeret a’t do thigs.
ii. Originally protected individuals from the national government, not state
government
iii. This meant that people had different rights in different states. Basic
fundamental rights were different.
iv. A lot of the civil liberties in the the Bill of Rights have been extended to the
states
b. The relationship between the two—selective incorporation
i. Process of selective incorporation: applying the Bill of Rights to the states
ii. Key: selective.
1. The Bill of rights is applied to the states through the 14th amendment.
2. Why 14th amendment?
a. Comes right after the civil war.
b. meant to protect former male slaves
c. if you are born or naturalized into the US, then you are a citizen
of both the state and nation
d. this indicates that being a citizens of US should protect you at
the state level.
e. In early 1900s The SC started using this part of the 14th
aedet to appl the ill of rights to the states. The did’t
do it all at once. Incorporation involves a case by case basis.
iii. Selective incorporation: applying bill of rights to states on a case by case basis
III. First Amendment
a. Freedom of religion: establishment clause and free exercise clause
i. Establishment:
1. Do’t hae a atioal religio. Prohiits estalishet. US cannot have
an official religion
ii. Free exercise: you can practice own religion without interference of the
government.
1. separatio of hurh ad state is ot i the ostitutio.
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