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Safeguarding Civil Rights: Government Protections and Legal Evolution

Explore the evolution of civil rights protections by the government, focusing on key amendments and laws, modern court interpretations, due process principles, personal privacy, fair trial guarantees, and the significance of the 14th Amendment.

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Safeguarding Civil Rights: Government Protections and Legal Evolution

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  1. CIVIL RIGHTS • Protections BY Government • Amendments 4,5,6,8 and 14 + laws

  2. I. Modern Courts • A. Earl Warren 1953-1969 • B. Warren Burger 1969-1986 • C. William Rehnquist 1986-2005 • D. John Roberts 2005-

  3. II. Due Process • Substantive = fairness of law • Procedural = fairness of process • Police Powers • Question = Balance

  4. A. Personal Privacy • 1. 4th Amendment • Search and Seizure • Weeks Doctrine • Mapp vs. Ohio • Electronic Surveillance • Katz vs. U.S. • Omnibus Crime/Control

  5. B. Fair Trial • habeas corpus • 1. 5th Amendment • self incrimination • Ashcraft vs. Tennesee • Miranda vs. Arizona • double jeopardy

  6. 2. 6th Amendment • Counsel • Betts vs. Brady • Gideon vs. Wainwright • Speedy Trial • Barker vs. Wingo • Speedy Trial Act • Venue

  7. C. Bail / Fines / Punishment • 1. 8th Amendment • Furman vs. Georgia • Gregg vs. Georgia • Ingraham vs. Wright

  8. III. Treason • Levying War • Adhering to Enemies • Giving Aid and Comfort • 2 Witnesses • Confession in Open Court

  9. IV. 14th Amendment • A. Equal Protection • Segregation • de facto / de jure • Plessy vs. Ferguson • Brown vs. The Board • Alexander vs. Holmes • Milliken vs. Bradley

  10. B. Miscegenation • Loving vs. Virginia

  11. V. Civil Rights Laws • 1957 Civil Rights Act • 1960 Civil Rights Act • 1964 Civil Rights Act • 1965 Voting Rights Act • 1968 Civil Rights Act • 1975 Voting Rights Act

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