Civil Liberties Terms List

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Words and concepts that protect freedoms. selective incorporation doctrine procedural due process substantive due process Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) search and seizure exclusionary rule Roe […]

Birmingham Church Bombing

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Dark Day in Civil Rights Era. In one of the attacks against African Americans in 1963, four young African American girls were killed when a bomb […]

Electing a President

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2016 Presidential Election Results. How the USA Voted: Use Bloomberg’s Map of results.   We know who won. Where was this election won? What were the […]

National Popular Vote

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A way to circumvent the Constitution? Abolishing the Electoral College would require an amendment to the Constitution. Constitutional Amendments are extremely rare and very difficulty […]

Gaffe

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The Risk in Public Campaigning. Gaffe: “An unintentional comment that causes a politician embarrassment. The term often refers to a politician inadvertently saying something publicly that […]