1. Explain the difference between civil liberties and civil rights and provide one example of each. 2. Alexander Hamilton warned that listing some rights (in the Bill of Rights) could actually be dangerous – why did he argue this and do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer. 3. Briefly explain the two types of religious freedom protected in the First Amendment. 4. Beyond the religious protections in the First Amendment, the rest is generally described to protect “freedom of expression,” however, this freedom is not absolute. Explain two examples of exceptions to freedom of expression (forms of expression that the government can regulate/punish). 5. Briefly explain the two sides to the debate about the meaning of the Second Amendment. 6. The Fourth Amendment is critical to protecting the rights of the criminally accused, but it wasn’t until the 1961 Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio that the exclusionary rule was applied to the states to enforce the Fourth Amendment. Explain the exclusionary rule and why this is important to the enforcement of the Fourth Amendment 7. The due process clause and the equal protection clause help define that all people will be treated equally, however, not all discrimination is unconstitutional – explain the rational basis test for determining when discrimination is constitutional.
1. Explain the difference between civil liberties and civil rights and provide one example of each.
2. Alexander Hamilton warned that listing some rights (in the Bill of Rights) could actually be dangerous – why did he argue this and do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.
3. Briefly explain the two types of religious freedom protected in the First Amendment.
4. Beyond the religious protections in the First Amendment, the rest is generally described to protect “freedom of expression,” however, this freedom is not absolute. Explain two examples of exceptions to freedom of expression (forms of expression that the government can regulate/punish).
5. Briefly explain the two sides to the debate about the meaning of the Second Amendment.
6. The Fourth Amendment is critical to protecting the rights of the criminally accused, but it wasn’t until the 1961 Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio that the exclusionary rule was applied to the states to enforce the Fourth Amendment. Explain the exclusionary rule and why this is important to the enforcement of the Fourth Amendment
7. The due process clause and the equal protection clause help define that all people will be treated equally, however, not all discrimination is unconstitutional – explain the rational basis test for determining when discrimination is constitutional.
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