Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

1st Amendment

RAPPS

2nd Amendment

Right to Bear Arms

3rd Amendment

No quartering soldiers

4th Amendment

Procedures for search and seizure

5th Amendment

No double jeopardy, right to remain silent, eminent domain

6th Amendment

Speedy, public trial by jury; right to counsel

7th Amendment

Civil case procedures

8th Amendment

No cruel & unusual punishment

9th Amendment

Unenumerated Rights

10th Amendment

Reserved powers

Engel v. Vitale

No school sponsored prayer in public schools

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Students can’t be compelled to school in violation of religious beliefs

NYT v. US

Established high bar against prior restraint

Tinker v. Des Moines

Student right to protest

Schenk v. US

“Clear and present danger” test

McDonald v. Chicago

Right to bear arms for self defense

Mapp v. Ohio

Established exclusionary rule (evidence obtained unlawfully gets chucked)

Miranda v. Arizona

arrested people must be informed of due process protections

Gideon v. Wainwright

People who can’t afford lawyer must have gov provided one

Civil Rights Act 1964

No discrim in hiring, desegregated public places

Voting Rights Act 1965

No literacy tests/ other discrim voting procedures

Civil Rights Act 1968

No discrim housing

Equal Pay Act 1963

No sexist pay

ADA

No discrim in hiring; public accommodations must be accessible

Brown v. Board Edu

overturned plessy v ferg; required public schools to integrate

Loving v. VA

overturned state laws against interracial marriage

Roe v. Wade

Overturned state laws prohibiting abortion

Title IX

Equal access to education opport. for masc and fem

Plyler v. Doe

States cn’t deny public edu by immigration status

Obergefell v. Hodges

Overturned state laws against same sex marriage

15th Amendment

All men suffrage

19th Amendment

Women Suffrage

24th Amendment

No poll taxes for voting registration