CIVIL RIGHTS

• Protections BY Government

• Amendments 4,5,6,8 and 14 + laws

I. Modern Courts

• A. Earl Warren 1953-1969

• B. Warren Burger 1969-1986

• C. William Rehnquist 1986-2005

• D. John Roberts 2005-

II. Due Process

• Substantive = fairness of law

• Procedural = fairness of process

• Police Powers

• Question = Balance

• A. Personal Privacy

• 1. 4th Amendment

• Search and Seizure

• Weeks Doctrine

• Mapp vs. Ohio

• Electronic Surveillance

• Katz vs. U.S.

• Omnibus Crime/Control

• B. Fair Trial

• habeas corpus

• 1. 5th Amendment

• self incrimination

• Ashcraft vs. Tennesee

• Miranda vs. Arizona

• double jeopardy

• 2. 6th Amendment

• Counsel

• Betts vs. Brady

• Gideon vs. Wainwright

• Speedy Trial

• Barker vs. Wingo

• Speedy Trial Act

• Venue

• C. Bail / Fines / Punishment

• 1. 8th Amendment

• Furman vs. Georgia

• Gregg vs. Georgia

• Ingraham vs. Wright

III. Treason

• Levying War

• Adhering to Enemies

• Giving Aid and Comfort

• 2 Witnesses

• Confession in Open Court

IV. 14th Amendment• A. Equal Protection

• Segregation

• de facto / de jure

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. The Board

• Alexander vs. Holmes

• Milliken vs. Bradley

• B. Miscegenation

• Loving vs. Virginia

V. Civil Rights Laws

• 1957 Civil Rights Act

• 1960 Civil Rights Act

• 1964 Civil Rights Act

• 1965 Voting Rights Act

• 1968 Civil Rights Act

• 1975 Voting Rights Act