Key questions

What rights are protected in the first amendment?

What public funds can go to parochial (religious) schools?

How did the Burger Court define obscenity?

Is flag burning illegal?

Explain whether polygamy is protected by The First Amendment.

What is the difference between the Free Exercise Clause + the Establishment Clause?

Is the term "separation of Church and State" in the First Amendment?

Can a public school have a Bible study?

What clause of the constitution has the Congress used to regulate discrimination?

What were some ways that whites subordinated Black political power after the civil war?

What laws did congress pass to regulate discrimination

Describe some Supreme Court rulings that help expand the rights of those accused of crimes:

Can laws change opinion and behavior Discuss the difference between equality of opportunity and equality of results.

In what way does the Constitution regulate equality?

Evaluate the legality of affirmative action by explaining recent Supreme Court rulings regarding affirmative action.

What exceptions are there to the general rule against warrantless searches?

Explain how the federal government has expanded power regarding civil rights throughout the 20th century.

Describe and analyze the expanding roll of the government in combating discrimination and expanding economic equality.

Identify three Supreme Court cases and explain how they have expanded privacy rights.

Describe and analyze the expanding role of the government in combating discrimination and expanding economic equality.

Describe the state of our Fourth Amendment rights since 9/11