Civil Rights/ Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties

• The government, both state and federal, must follow the correct processes and obligations laid out by law, and that government cannot deny basic rights. 14th Amendment.

  
  
  

• The lowest possible level of protection, usually offered by the Constitution

  
  

• Things that are legally guaranteed to people that protect them from discrimination.

  
  

• Protections against government actions that are promised to the people to protect them from tyranny and corruption

  
  

Civil Rights

• Protections against government actions that are promised to the people to protect them from tyranny and corruption

  
  

• Things that are legally guaranteed to people that protect them from discrimination.

  
  

• The lowest possible level of protection, usually offered by the Constitution

  
  

• The guarantee that government will not create and support an official state church

  
  

Constitutional

Floor

• The lowest possible level of protection, usually offered by the Constitution

  
  

• The government, both state and federal, must follow the correct processes and obligations laid out by law, and that government cannot deny basic rights. 14th Amendment.

• The guarantee that government will not create and support an official state church

• Clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection to all citizens, guaranteed in the 14th amendment

Due Process Clause

• The government, both state and federal, must follow the correct processes and obligations laid out by law, and that government cannot deny basic rights. 14th Amendment.

  
  

• The lowest possible level of protection, usually offered by the Constitution

  
  

• The guarantee that government will not create and support an official state church

  
  

• A notification for someone that is under arrest of their rights.
  This must take place before an arrest and investigation

Establishment Clause

• The guarantee that government will not create and support an official state church

  
  

• The government, both state and federal, must follow the correct processes and obligations laid out by law, and that government cannot deny basic rights. 14th Amendment.

  
  

• The protection of speech that is written, spoken, or that is
  symbolic.

• Having reasonable cause rather than a suspicion for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest

Equal Protection Clause

• The guarantee that a citizen may freely practice whichever
  religion they choose. 1st Amendment

• Clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection to all citizens, guaranteed in the 14th amendment

• The guarantee that government will not create and support an official state church

• The protection of speech that is written, spoken, or that is

  symbolic.

freedom of speech

• The protection of speech that is written, spoken, or that is
  symbolic.

• A notification for someone that is under arrest of their rights.
  This must take place before an arrest and investigation

• A law preventing unlawful detention and requiring that a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.

• The guarantee that a citizen may freely practice whichever
  religion they choose. 1st Amendment

Free Exercise Clause

• Having reasonable cause rather than a suspicion for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest

• The guarantee that a citizen may freely practice whichever
  religion they choose. 1st Amendment

• The protection of speech that is written, spoken, or that is
  symbolic.

• A law preventing unlawful detention and requiring that a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.

Habeas Corpus

• The protection of speech that is written, spoken, or that is
  symbolic.

• A law preventing unlawful detention and requiring that a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.

• Having reasonable cause rather than a suspicion for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest

• A notification for someone that is under arrest of their rights.

probable cause

• Having reasonable cause rather than a suspicion for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest

• A notification for someone that is under arrest of their rights.
  This must take place before an arrest and investigation

• A law preventing unlawful detention and requiring that a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.

• The guarantee that government will not create and support an official state church