FINAL STUDY GUIDE FOR UNIT V

I.) Review the three chapters by: a.) re-reading each section/summary

b.) doing the chapter reviews

c.) going over class notes/ work

d.) making sure you know the vocabulary

e.) start studying early!

II.) Chapters 18, 19, 20 and 21

First Amendment Stuff: (fill in the blanks and add/define/expand on what is listed)

Speech:

LIMITS: obscene language,libel,________

CASES/OTHER: Schenck v. U.S., Texas v. Johnson; Tinker vs. Des Moines; Snyder v. Phelps,

Citizen’s United v. FCC; Morse v. Frederick; Bethel School Dist. v. Fraser

Press: LIMITS:

CASES/OTHER: PRIOR RESTRAINT Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, Flynt v. Falwell;

Pentagon Papers; Roth/Miller test;

Brown(Schwarzenegger) v. Entertainment Merchants Association(video games)

Religion Free Exercise-

Establishment-

LIMITS:

CASES/OTHER: Mass. v. Twitchell, Lukumi Babalu v. Hialeh; Oregon v. Smit;h Engel v. Vitale;

Salazar v. Buono (desert cross to commemorate fallen soldiers) ; intelligent design, Lemon Test

Assembly

LIMITS: Time Place Manner

CASES/OTHER- Skokie, Westboro Babptist Church “Content _____________”

III.) Know the what, where, why, and limits/considerations of the following amendments:

WHAT? WHY? LIMITS/CONSIDERATIONS?

2nd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

14th

2.) Know the significance of important cases such as:

a.) Mapp v. Ohio

b.) Gideon v. Wainright/Betts v. Brady (know what happened to him)

c.) Miranda v. Arizona,

d.) U.S. vs. Ross/Carrol vs.U.S.

e) Furman v. Georgia , Gregg v. Georgia

f.) Roper v. Simmons

g.) Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

h) Kyllo v. U.S., (heat sensor)

i.) Katz v. U.S.

j.) New Jersey v. T.L.O.

OTHER IMPORTANT CASES: Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Antonio, Acevedo v. U.S.,

Important Rights to Know:

a.) Bills of Attainder

b.) Ex Post Facto Laws

c.) Grand Jury

d.) Habeus Corpus

e.) Double Jeopardy

Important Acts to know:

a.) U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act (also NSA wiretappings)

b.) National Defense Authorizatation Act

Other tid-bits:

c.) preventative detention

d.) exclusionary rule/ probable cause/ reasonable suspicion/Pat down/Frisk

e.) Rule of Four

f) Know the members of our current Supreme Court

g.) Writ of Certiorari

h.) know the different kind of opinions by Justices

i.) due process

j.) jurisdiction

k.) know how the dual court system works

l.) District Courts versus Appeals Courts vs. Supreme Court

m.) beyond a reasonable doubt/ preponderance of evidence

n.) criminal/civil cases

o.) The security versus liberty debate (Military Tribunal, enemy combatant, racial profiling, treason, etc.)

p.) Star Decisis

q.) Precedence

r.) Grand Jury

s.) Open Carry 

t.) Selective Incorporation (and how the 5^th and 14^th amendments apply parts of Bill of Rights protections to the states and federal government)

Civil Rights Terms: Important Acts to know:

a.) Civil Rights Act of 1964 (know Title II, VI & VII)

b.) Voting Rights Act of 1965

c.) Civil Rights Act of 1968

d.) ERA

e.) U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act (also NSA wiretappings)

Other tid bits:

a.) de jure/ de facto segregation

b.) Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses

c.) rational basis/Intermediate (middle) scrutiny/ strict scrutiny tests

d.) jus soli/jus sanguinis

e.) naturalization/ expatriation

f.) preventative detention

g.) exclusionary rule/ probable cause/ reasonable suspicion/Pat down/Frisk

h.) due process

i.) The security versus liberty debate (Military Tribunal, enemy combatant, racial profiling, treason, etc.)

j.) Grand Jury

k.) Important Acts to know:

a.) Title IX

b.) ERA

Civil Rights Cases:

a. Plessy v. Ferguson

c. Brown v. Board of Education Topeka Kansas

c.) Regents of U.C. v. Bakke/ Grazt v. Bollinger / Fisher v. University of Texas

 (Univ. Michigan affirmative action cases)

d. Regents of U.C. v. Bakke/ Grazt v. Bollinger / Fisher v. University of Texas

 (Univ. Michigan affirmative action cases)

e. U.S v. Windsor