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Undergraduate 2
11/11/2017

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civil liberties
Definition
the state of being subject only to laws established for the good of the community, especially with regard to freedom of action and speech.
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laws concerning abortion
Definition
legal but may be restricted by the states to varying degrees.
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Griswald vs Connecticut
Definition
he Supreme Court ruled that a state's ban on the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy.
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roe v wade
Definition
Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the third trimester of pregnancy.
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planned parenthood v casey
Definition
aw required informed consent and a 24 hour waiting period prior to the procedure. A minor seeking an abortion required the consent of one parent (the law allows for a judicial bypass procedure). A married woman seeking an abortion had to indicate that she notified her husband of her intention to abort the fetus.
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gonzolez vs carhart
Definition
upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.
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bowers v hardwick
Definition
constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults, in this case with respect to homosexual sodomy
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lawrence v texas
Definition
making same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory.
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parents medical decisions
Definition
right to make decisions about their own medical care. Because young children are not able to make complex decisions for themselves, the authority to make medical decisions on behalf of a child usually falls to the child's parents.
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plessy v furgeson
Definition
upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal"
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Brown v BOE
Definition
declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
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civil rights act of 1964
Definition
outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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voting descrimination 15th amd
Definition
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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poll tax
Definition
a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
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24th amend
Definition
being unable to pay poll tax does not deny you right to vote
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harper v B.O. elections
Definition
U.S. Supreme Court found that Virginia's poll tax was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
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white primary
Definition
primary elections held in the Southern United States in which only white voters were permitted to participate.
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smith v allwright
Definition
overturned the Texas state law that authorized the Democratic Party to set its internal rules, including the use of white primaries. The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state to delegate its authority over elections to the Democratic Party in order to allow discrimination to be practiced
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equal pay act
Definition
amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex
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bona fide occupational requirements
Definition
quality or an attribute that employers are allowed to consider when making decisions on the hiring and retention of employees – a quality that when considered in other contexts would constitute discrimination and thus be in violation of civil rights employment law
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korematsu v u.s.
Definition
concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.
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americans w dissabilities act
Definition
prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination
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affirmative action
Definition
policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer or have suffered from discrimination within a culture
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constructive discharge
Definition
occurs when an employee resigns as a result of the employer creating a hostile work environment.
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labor interest groups
Definition
economic interest group. Economic interest groups advocate for the economic benefit of their members and constituents.
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movement
Definition
a loose coalition of groups and organizations with common goals that are oriented toward mass action and popular participation and share the intention of influencing the government.
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techniques used by interest groups
Definition
Lobbying techniques
Rating government officials
Building alliances
Offering campaign assistance
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swann v charlotte machlinburg
Definition
the busing of students to promote integration in public schools.[1] The Court held that busing was an appropriate remedy for the problem of racial imbalance in schools, even when the imbalance resulted from the selection of students based on geographic proximity to the school rather than from deliberate assignment based on race
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interest groups
Definition
formal organizations, while social movements are coalitions of many groups and individuals.
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