4 rights of citizens
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Sources of Our Rights
-Written Documents
Written documents include theConstitution, the Bill of Rights,Declaration of Independence andState Constitutions
-Laws Passed by Government
these could be laws passed byFederal, State, or Localgovernments
-Rulings by the Courts
decisions of the courts interpretthe meaning of the laws passed bygovernment
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Sources of Our Rights
-Written Documents
Written documents include theConstitution, the Bill of Rights,Declaration of Independence andState Constitutions
-Laws Passed by Government
these could be laws passed byFederal, State, or Localgovernments
-Rulings by the Courts
decisions of the courts interpretthe meaning of the laws passed bygovernment
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Security Rights
-Protect us from the Government
Some of our rights are based ondenying certain powers to ourgovernment
-Article One denies certain powersto Congress
-The Bill of Rights contains manylimitations to government’s power
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Liberty Rights
-Protect Our Freedoms
-First Amendment Rights are aprime example of rights protectingbasic freedoms
Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly,and Petition
Certain rights given to accusedpersons protects your personalliberty unless proven guilty ioncourt
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Equality Rights
-Requires that all persons aretreated the same
-the 14th Amendment is the primaryexample of equality rights as itrequires all persons to be given Dueprocess and equal protection
-Amendments like the 15th and 19th
made voting an equal right for allcitizens
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Testing Our Rights
-Prejudice
-unfair thoughts about a group ofpeople
-Discrimination
-unfair actions toward a group ofpeople
-14th Amendment
-Civil Rights Movement
-non-violent protests
-Civil Rights Act, 1964
-Voting Rights Act, 1965
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Rights Debated
-Affirmative Action
-Gov’t project that gives specialpreference to women and minorities ingov’t jobs and contracts
-”Glass Ceiling”
-Term used to describe the limitationsmany women and minorities face in jobadvancement
-Reverse Racism
Idea that special efforts made to makeup for past racism are in factdiscriminating against others
-some people have begun to debate theeffectiveness of Affirmative Actionand the goal of equal treatment of allcitizens