We The People: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights Study Guide Graded A+

Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District {Ans: Protected some forms of symbolic speech. Ruled that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." Students have conditionally protected speech rights that can be regulated in certain circumstances.}Bakke v. University of California {Ans: Supreme Court case dealing with affirmative action that ruled that affirmative action programs in principle are constitutional, but a strict quota system wasn't.}Roe v Wade {Ans: (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy}Kennedy vs. Bremerton School District {Ans: Praying football coach. The Court ruled that the coach's conduct was protected by the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause.}Explain due process of law {Ans: you should always have a fighting chance}Quid Pro Quo {Ans: this for that}Thomas Jefferson {Ans: Argued that there is a "wall of separation" between church and state}Griswold v. Connecticut {Ans: struck down a Connecticut law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives to married couples; established the right of privacy}What does the 4th amendment guarantee? {Ans: security of citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures without a search warrant (Exclusionary Rule)}Mapp v. Ohio {Ans: Established