WIPS midterm

Aristotle’s triangle

Logos, ethos & pathos

Legal precedent

the idea that previous court decisions/holdings should be applied to future decisions as governing

Pudicitia

Purity is a bodily concept, not a spiritual one, and brings about social status/honor

Civic republicanism

Focuses on secondary institutions like education, banks, family, culture, and media. In contrast to liberalism which focuses on offices and rights only. CR is political, L is individual

14th Amendment

citizenship, privileges & immunities, substantive due process, and equal protection

Banality of evil

ordinary people can commit evil acts that they are not aware of or think of as inconsequential

Fundamental rights/liberties

rights that a citizen must have in order to be free, has the highest standard of constitutional review through strict scrutiny

Enumerated rights

Explicitly stated in the constitution, have the highest level of certainty

Unenumerated rights

Unwritten but implied, are held to the highest scrutiny and can be repealed/removed if standards are not met

Holding of Griswold

Contraception law struck down because of the constitutional value of privacy and newly defined privacy as an unenumerated right

the rape of the Sabine woman

Roman founding myth where the men of the colony of Rome kidnap women from the neighbouring city. The Sabine women are kept against their will as wives and then bring peace between the two cities by interceding

First wave of feminism

women deserve the same legal and economic rights as men

Second wave of feminism

Women want not just legal rights, but bodily equality and freedom from oppression (the personal is the political)

Third wave of feminism

Examines the structures of consciousness and language, rejects essential identity and focuses on multiplicity, rejects norms themselves and see them as oppressive