Rights

Question 1

Right

Answer 1

• A power or privilege that a person has a just claim to (subjective), that belongs to a person by law (right supplied by law), or nature or tradition
• Right can be natural, but must be recognized by law

Question 2

Legal Rights (Created by Government)

Answer 2

• Protected by law
• No right without remedy
• Does not legally exist unless other people are required to respect that right and held responsible if violated

Question 3

Bill of Rights

Answer 3

-First 10 Amendments to US Constitution and were adopted in 1791

Question 4

Civil Liberties

Answer 4

1) The Bill of Rights
2) Legal constitutional protections against government
3) Limitation ons government power: What government CAN’T do

Question 5

Civil Rights

Answer 5

1) 14th Amendment
2) What government must do to ensure equal protection
3) Protects against discrimination
4) REQUIRES government action

Question 6

Selective Incorporation of Bill of Rights

Answer 6

• Should Bill of Rights apply to state government??

- Bill of Rights was written to protect citizens from national government

Question 7

Barron v. Baltimore (1833)

Answer 7

• Bill of Rts. only applied to national government; not states
• Over time, liberties protected selectively incorporated to states through 14th Amend.

Question 8

Gitlow v. New York (1925)

Answer 8

• 1st Supreme Ct. Case to “selectively incorporate” part of Bill of Rights
• Used 14th Amendment