POLS 155 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Rehabilitation Act Of 1973, Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Literacy Test
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We the people chapter four (11th essential edition) The 1960s was when the bill of rights was enforced for all of the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s. Civil liberties: rights and freedoms that belong to the people, they are rights that the government can never interfere with. Civil rights: the protection by the government of citizen equality: the defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of (cid:449)hat (cid:862)e(cid:395)ual (cid:396)ights(cid:863) a(cid:396)e has (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tl(cid:455) (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g th(cid:396)oughout history. Federalists were against the implementation of the bill of rights. Habeas corpus: (right to this is stated in article 1 section 9) the reason of detention must be shown when a person is taken into custody and brought into court. Due process of law: every citizen has the right to be protected from unreasonable actions by state and national government: example of a procedural liberty: accused person is thought to be innocent until proven guilty.
