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Civil Liberties
Objectives
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- civil liberties on college and university campuses.
- Discuss the historical origins of the Bill of Rights,
noting its main uses before and after the Civil War.
- Define the meaning of "selective incorporation" and
examine how this process impacted upon the relationship
of the Bill of Rights to state governments.
- Explain why freedom of speech, press and assembly are
paramount in the Bill of Rights. Also note the
historical origins of those freedoms.
- Define those key doctrines relating to freedom of speech:
prior restraint, clear and present danger, fighting
words, balancing, and fundamental freedom.
- Delineate the various limitations on three types of
speech: commercial speech, libel, and obscenity.
- Summarize the meaning of the establishment of religion
and free exercise of religion clauses as well as the
doctrine of church-state separation.
- Specify the various rights of the accused, noting the
impact of key Supreme Court rulings upon those rights,
such as Mapp vs. Ohio and Miranda vs. Arizona.
- Review the types of efforts taken to ensure an impartial
jury.
- Discuss the implications of plea bargaining.
- Summarize how the right to privacy relates to the
abortion issue and, more specifically, the continuing
controversy over the Roe vs. Wade decision.
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