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Outline: Civil Liberties

Outline: Civil Liberties. What are Civil Liberties? Civil Liberties and the Constitution Bill of Rights Protected Freedoms Rights of the Accused Freedom of Religion Freedom of Speech Right to Privacy. What are Civil Liberties?.

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Outline: Civil Liberties

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  1. Outline: Civil Liberties • What are Civil Liberties? • Civil Liberties and the Constitution • Bill of Rights • Protected Freedoms • Rights of the Accused • Freedom of Religion • Freedom of Speech • Right to Privacy

  2. What are Civil Liberties? Those personal freedoms that are protected for all individuals Civil liberties typically involved restraining the government’s actions against individuals

  3. Civil Liberties and the Constitution • Bill of Rights

  4. Protected Freedoms • Rights of the Accused • Freedom of Religion • Freedom of Speech • Right to Privacy

  5. Rights of the Accused • Limits on the conduct of police officers • Defendant’s pre-trial rights • Trial rights

  6. Freedom of Religion

  7. Freedom of Religion • Establishment Clause • “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…” • Free Exercise Clause • “…or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

  8. Freedom of Religion • Establishment Clause • Aid to church-related schools

  9. Freedom of Religion • Establishment Clause • Aid to church-related schools • Lemon v. Kurtzman • School Prayer • Engel v. Vitale • Prayer Outside the Classroom • Free Exercise Clause

  10. Freedom of Religion

  11. Freedom of Speech • “Clear and Present Danger” test • “Reasonable Restrictions” • Symbolic Speech

  12. Freedom of Speech

  13. Right to Privacy • Abortion • Roe v. Wade • Birth Control • Griswold v. Connecticut

  14. Civil Liberties: What the Public Thinks

  15. Civil Liberties: What the Public Thinks

  16. Civil Liberties: What the Public Thinks

  17. Civil Liberties, Freedom, Order “It’s time to remember that the first duty of government is to provide for the common defense…It’s time to let the profiling of potential terrorists…outweigh the objections of the ACLU...” -- David Horowitz ““Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -- Benjamin Franklin

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