Civil Liberties

The Bill of Rights was originally intended as protections against actions of 

• the State governments.
• a new state entering the union. 
• the National government. 
• both state and national governments.

Ruled that the police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest.

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• New York Times v. Sullivan
• Engel v. Vitale

The exclusionary rule holds that

• "fighting words" can be excluded from constitutional protection.
• a court can order or constrain an action by an individual.
• evidence obtained from an illegal search and seizure cannot be used in a trial.
• evidence wrongly excluded at trial may not be used in appellate court later.

The right of association

• Is explicitly defined in the 14th Amendment
• Is one of our few absolute constitutional rights
• Protects employees from being fired because of political membership
• Requires organizations to disclose their membership list

This amendment was made because the British made the colonists house (quarter) British soldiers during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. 

• 10th
• 3rd
• 2nd
• 1st

The writ of habeas corpus is intended to prevent 

• A prisoner from being tried for the same crime twice
• The accused from being brought before a judge
• The accused from being unjustly arrested and imprisoned without cause
• Defendants from being a lawyer

What are civil liberties?

• make up the unwritten Constitution
• the rights to vote and participate in the political process
• laws that provide and set limits on one's freedoms
• individual legal and constitutional protections against the government

Where are American civil liberties found?

• the Preamble
• the Bill of Rights
• the Declaration of Independence
• Article IV

The First Amendment includes the freedoms of

• speech and the right to bear arms
• religion, press, and right to counsel
• petition, assembly, press, speech, and religion
• press, petition, and the right to vote

Which clause of the 14th Amendment is used as the basis for selective incorporation?

• Citizenship
• Equal Protection
• Due Process
• Privileges and Immunities