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- 2. Federal Courts, Civil Liberties,
and Civil Rights
SLIDE 2 2.1 Structure and Processes of the Judicial System 2.2 The Development
Civil Liberties by Judicial Implementation
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2.3 The Bill of Rights
2.4 Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
2.5 Equal Protection and Due Process
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2.1. Structure and Processes of the Judicial System
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2.1.1 The Supreme Court
2.1.2 Judicial Implementation and the Lower Federal Courts
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2.1.1. The Supreme Court
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The Marshall Court
Marbury v. Madison
Fletcher v. Peck
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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Both Conservatives and the public like the idea of an independent judiciary The number of Supreme Court Justices has become part of the informal Constitution
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Plaintiff Defendants Original jurisdiction Appellate jurisdiction
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Writ of Certiorari
4/9 Justices must agree to hear the case = rule of four
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Types of Decisions:
Unanimous
Majority
Concurring
Dissenting
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2.1.2. Judicial Implementation and the Lower Federal Courts
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MODULE 2.5: Equal Protection and Due Process
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Court
court system
sets agenda
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Appeals
- 13 federal = U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals
- No evidence
- Recourse = Supreme
Court
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2.2. The Development of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties by Judicial Implementation
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MODULE 2.5: Equal Protection and Due Process
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- a landmark case that
- verturned
Plessy v. Ferguson
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“One person one vote”
Baker v. Carr
Reynolds v. Sims
Evenwel v. Abbott
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Civil liberties =
Negative rights
Right to privacy
Griswold v. Connecticut
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More right to privacy decisions:
Bowers v. Hardwick
Lawrence v. Texas
Obergefell v. Hodges
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Judicial activism Judicial restraint
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2.3. The Bill of Rights
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Bill of Rights ratified in December 1791 2 Amendments not ratified Bill of Rights applies to the Federal Government but does not bind the state governments
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2.4. Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
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1st Amendment
Freedom of Religion
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Lynch v. Donnelly
Agnostini v. Felton
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
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1st Amendment
Freedom of Expression
Schenk v. U.S.
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1st Amendment
Freedom of Speech
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Freedom of the Press
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2.5. Equal Protection and Due Process
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4th-8th Amendments:
Limit police power of states
&
Guarantee right to fair legal & judicial proceedings
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affirms rights inherent
in 4th-8th Amendments:
Mapp v. Ohio =
exclusionary rule
Gideon V. Wainwright
Escobedo v. Illinois
Miranda v. Arizona
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right to criminal trial
7th Amendment =
right to civil trial
8th Amendment =
no excessive bail, no unusual punishments
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Equal protection
4th-8th Amendments:
Amounts to equal protection
But equal protection
Not explicit until
14th Amendment
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“Due Process”
5th
14th
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9th Amendment:
just because some
rights are listed,
doesn’t mean others
are denied
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10th Amendment:
Powers not delegated to the
federal government
states
(where the federal government does not
exercise power, the states may do so)