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10. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

The rights of citizens and the duties that come with them: the First Amendment, crime and due process, and what citizenship carries.

10. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Justice Felix Frankfurter was a huge influence on the Supreme Court in the years he sat on the bench, 1939 — 62. He is noted for his civil rights and anti-trus…

10a. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens

As much as the founders talked and wrote about liberty, they didn't have much to say about equality. Thomas Jefferson's famous phrase in the Declaration of Ind…

10b. First Amendment Rights

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the pr…

10c. Crime and Due Process

Inherit the Wind. The Practice. The People vs. O.J. Simpson. Whether a trial is depicted in a movie, on television, or in real life, Americans cannot seem to t…

10d. Citizenship Rights

The INS is charged with handling all immigration cases and issues within the United States, including the Border Patrol. It is a branch of the Department of…