POLS 1337 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Excessive Bail Clause, Limited Government, Miranda Warning
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Civil liberties review civil liberties limitations on the power of federal government, designed to ensure personal freedoms; basic freedoms possessed by all human beings; right to life, liberty, and property (pursuit of happiness); unalienable rights. Civil liberties are our protections from government intervention or encroachment on our freedoms. The original amendments (civil liberties were meant to protect from the. Federal government not state governments) civil rights guarantees of equal treatment by government authorities; how much freedom ruling authority protects or denies individuals and whether that authority is exercised equitably. The first amendment protects the right to freedom of religious conscience and practice and the right to free expression, particularly of political and social beliefs. Establishment clause the provision of the first amendment that prohibits the government from endorsing a state- sponsored religion; interpreted as preventing government from favoring some religious beliefs over others or religion over non-religion.
