Civil Liberties Clips

Civics/Michelena

Civil Liberties

Click here for the first set of questions:

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/American Government/course files/multimedia/lesson35/lessonp.html?showTopic=2

  1.  Is all free speech protected by the First Amendment?

 

  1. Why do civil libertarians feel uncomfortable with the Patriot Act?

 

  1. What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?  The Espionage Act?

 

  1. Explain the “clear and present danger test” Explain the “dangerous tendency” test.

 

  1. What was the decision in Texas v .Johnson?

 

  1. What was the decision in Tinker v. Des Moines?

 

  1. Explain the “three part test” decided in the case Miller vs. California.

 

  1. What is libel? What has the Supreme Court said about libel?

 

  1. Explain the limitations on commercial speech:

 

  1. What has the court said about “fighting words”?

 

  1. What has the court said about the right to assemble?

 

Click here for the next set of questions:

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/American Government/course files/multimedia/lesson37/lessonp.html?showTopic=1

  1. What are “writs of assistance”?

 

  1. What was the Star Chamber?

 

  1. What does the Fourth Amendment say?

 

  1. What is probable cause?

 

  1. When is a warrant needed?

 

  1. What is the “plain view rule”?

 

  1. What was the decision in New Jersey vs. TLO?

 

  1. What was the decision in California v. Acevedo?

 

Click here  for the last set of questions: http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/American Government/course files/multimedia/lesson38/lessonp.html?showTopic=4

  1. Define capital punishment:

 

  1. What does the Eighth Amendment say?

 

  1. What was the decision of Furman v. Georgia?

 

  1. What was the decision of Woodson v. North Carolina?

 

  1. What was the decision in Gregg v. Georgia?