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This book covers civil rights and civil liberties politics in the United States from the ratification of the Bill of Rights to current-day controversies, such as the travel ban and proposals to end birthright citizenship. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough overview of civil rights in U.S. history, detailing all the relevant amendments to the Constitution and reviewing key Supreme Court decisions and landmark cases on the topic. Aimed at general readers as well as high school, college, and university students, it focuses on the role of federal courts in…mehr
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This book covers civil rights and civil liberties politics in the United States from the ratification of the Bill of Rights to current-day controversies, such as the travel ban and proposals to end birthright citizenship. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough overview of civil rights in U.S. history, detailing all the relevant amendments to the Constitution and reviewing key Supreme Court decisions and landmark cases on the topic. Aimed at general readers as well as high school, college, and university students, it focuses on the role of federal courts in civil rights and civil liberties politics. It also profiles the primary actors in civil rights and civil liberties, both organizations and people. The volume comprises seven chapters. Chapter 1 presents the history and background of the topic, and Chapter 2 discusses problems, controversies, and solutions. Chapter 3 consists of essays by contributors that round out the coauthors' expertise. Chapter 4 profiles important organizations and people, while Chapter 5 offers relevant data and documents. Chapter 6 is composed of an annotated list of important resources. Finally, Chapter 7 offers a useful chronology citing and describing the major events related to the topic from the nation's founding until 2019.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
- Seitenzahl: 408
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2021
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
- Gewicht: 741g
- ISBN-13: 9781440867293
- ISBN-10: 1440867291
- Artikelnr.: 62631821
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
- Seitenzahl: 408
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2021
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
- Gewicht: 741g
- ISBN-13: 9781440867293
- ISBN-10: 1440867291
- Artikelnr.: 62631821
Michael C. LeMay is professor emeritus of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, USA.
Preface
1 Background and History
Introduction
The First Amendment-Religion
Speech
Press
Assembly
and Petition
The Second Amendment-The Right to Bear Arms
The Third Amendment-The Housing of Soldiers
The Fourth Amendment-Search and Arrest Warrants
The Fifth Amendment-Rights in Criminal Cases and Compelling Self-Incrimination
The Sixth Amendment-Rights to Fair Trial
The Seventh Amendment-Rights in Civil Cases
The Eighth Amendment-Bails
Fines
and Punishments
The Ninth Amendment-Rights Retained by the People
The Tenth Amendment-Powers Retained by States and the People
The Fourteenth Amendment-Civil Rights
The Fifteenth Amendment-Black Suffrage
Civil Rights Acts by the U.S. Congress
The Nineteenth Amendment-Women's Suffrage
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment-Poll Taxes
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment-Suffrage for Eighteen-Year-Olds
Conclusion
References
2 Problems
Controversies
and Solutions
Introduction
The Denial of Rights to the "Other"
Black Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic Americans
Native Americans
Muslim and Arab Americans
Political Ideological Minorities
Women's Rights-the Suffragettes and NOW
Religious Minorities
Other Minorities
Conclusion
References
3 Perspectives
Introduction
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Civil Rights Coping Strategies
Ken Bedell Two Courts: State Courts of Last Resort and Civil Rights Adjudication
Taraleigh Davis Defining Equality: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Michelle D. Deardorff Warrants for Me but Not for Thee: Students' Fourth Amendment Rights in Public Schools
Joshua Dunn When Secular and Religious Interests Collide
Scott Merriman Transgender Rights
Chuck Stewart The Free Press in the Age of Trump
John R. Vile Religious Opposition to Abortion Rights: Another Attempt at Establishment of Religion
David Weddle "Fish-Ins" and the Indian Civil Rights Movement
David Zeh 4 Profiles
Introduction
Organizations
Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
League of Women Voters (LWV)
United Farm Workers (UFW)
People-Government
Frank
Barney (1940-)
Ginsburg
Ruth Bader (1933-2020)
Jefferson
Thomas (1743-1826)
Johnson
Lyndon (1908-1973)
Lewis
John (1940-2020)
Lincoln
Abraham (1809-1865)
Madison
James (1751-1836)
Marshall
Thurgood (1908-1993)
Mason
George (1725-1792)
Rehnquist
William (1924-2005)
Warren
Earl (1891-1974)
People-Nongovernment
Addams
Jane (1860-1936)
Andrus
Ethel Percy (1884-1967)
Baker
Ella (1903-1986)
Berger
Victor (1860-1928)
Debs
Eugene (1855-1926)
Deer
Ada (1935-)
Du Bois
W.E.B. (1868-1963)
Farrakhan
Louis (1933-)
Huerta
Dolores (1930-)
Kaepernick
Colin Rand (1987-)
King
Martin Luther
Jr. (1929-1968)
Martin
Del (1921-2008)
Parks
Rosa (1913-2005)
Randolph
A. Philip (1889-1979)
Wells
Ida (1862-1931)
Wiesel
Elie (1928-2016)
References
5 Data and Documents
Introduction
Data
Table 5.1. Articles of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Table 5.2: Second Amendment Decisions and Congressional Gun Control Measures
Table 5.3: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fourth Amendment
Table 5.4: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fifth Amendment
Table 5.5: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fair Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment
Table 5.6: Supreme Court Decisions on Capital Punishment
Table 5.7: State Status Regarding Capital Punishment
Table 5.8: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Tenth
Fourteenth
Nineteenth
Twenty-Fourth
and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
Table 5.9: Major Civil Rights Acts Passed by the United States Congress
Table 5.10: Exemplary Civil Rights Advocacy Groups
by Type
Table 5.11: Activists and Organizations Concerning Sexual Orientation Rights
Table 5.12: Presidential Medals of Freedom Awarded for Civil Rights Activism
Documents
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Resolutions of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Article VIII of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Mississippi Black Codes (1865)
Civil Rights Act (April 9
1866)
The Espionage Act (June 15
1917)
Leser v. Garnett (1922)
Executive Order 9066 (February 19
1942)
Findings and Purposes of the National Voter Registration Act (1993)
Hurst v. Florida (2016)
6 Resources
Introduction
Books
Scholarly Journals
Films
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index
1 Background and History
Introduction
The First Amendment-Religion
Speech
Press
Assembly
and Petition
The Second Amendment-The Right to Bear Arms
The Third Amendment-The Housing of Soldiers
The Fourth Amendment-Search and Arrest Warrants
The Fifth Amendment-Rights in Criminal Cases and Compelling Self-Incrimination
The Sixth Amendment-Rights to Fair Trial
The Seventh Amendment-Rights in Civil Cases
The Eighth Amendment-Bails
Fines
and Punishments
The Ninth Amendment-Rights Retained by the People
The Tenth Amendment-Powers Retained by States and the People
The Fourteenth Amendment-Civil Rights
The Fifteenth Amendment-Black Suffrage
Civil Rights Acts by the U.S. Congress
The Nineteenth Amendment-Women's Suffrage
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment-Poll Taxes
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment-Suffrage for Eighteen-Year-Olds
Conclusion
References
2 Problems
Controversies
and Solutions
Introduction
The Denial of Rights to the "Other"
Black Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic Americans
Native Americans
Muslim and Arab Americans
Political Ideological Minorities
Women's Rights-the Suffragettes and NOW
Religious Minorities
Other Minorities
Conclusion
References
3 Perspectives
Introduction
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Civil Rights Coping Strategies
Ken Bedell Two Courts: State Courts of Last Resort and Civil Rights Adjudication
Taraleigh Davis Defining Equality: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Michelle D. Deardorff Warrants for Me but Not for Thee: Students' Fourth Amendment Rights in Public Schools
Joshua Dunn When Secular and Religious Interests Collide
Scott Merriman Transgender Rights
Chuck Stewart The Free Press in the Age of Trump
John R. Vile Religious Opposition to Abortion Rights: Another Attempt at Establishment of Religion
David Weddle "Fish-Ins" and the Indian Civil Rights Movement
David Zeh 4 Profiles
Introduction
Organizations
Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
League of Women Voters (LWV)
United Farm Workers (UFW)
People-Government
Frank
Barney (1940-)
Ginsburg
Ruth Bader (1933-2020)
Jefferson
Thomas (1743-1826)
Johnson
Lyndon (1908-1973)
Lewis
John (1940-2020)
Lincoln
Abraham (1809-1865)
Madison
James (1751-1836)
Marshall
Thurgood (1908-1993)
Mason
George (1725-1792)
Rehnquist
William (1924-2005)
Warren
Earl (1891-1974)
People-Nongovernment
Addams
Jane (1860-1936)
Andrus
Ethel Percy (1884-1967)
Baker
Ella (1903-1986)
Berger
Victor (1860-1928)
Debs
Eugene (1855-1926)
Deer
Ada (1935-)
Du Bois
W.E.B. (1868-1963)
Farrakhan
Louis (1933-)
Huerta
Dolores (1930-)
Kaepernick
Colin Rand (1987-)
King
Martin Luther
Jr. (1929-1968)
Martin
Del (1921-2008)
Parks
Rosa (1913-2005)
Randolph
A. Philip (1889-1979)
Wells
Ida (1862-1931)
Wiesel
Elie (1928-2016)
References
5 Data and Documents
Introduction
Data
Table 5.1. Articles of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Table 5.2: Second Amendment Decisions and Congressional Gun Control Measures
Table 5.3: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fourth Amendment
Table 5.4: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fifth Amendment
Table 5.5: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fair Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment
Table 5.6: Supreme Court Decisions on Capital Punishment
Table 5.7: State Status Regarding Capital Punishment
Table 5.8: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Tenth
Fourteenth
Nineteenth
Twenty-Fourth
and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
Table 5.9: Major Civil Rights Acts Passed by the United States Congress
Table 5.10: Exemplary Civil Rights Advocacy Groups
by Type
Table 5.11: Activists and Organizations Concerning Sexual Orientation Rights
Table 5.12: Presidential Medals of Freedom Awarded for Civil Rights Activism
Documents
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Resolutions of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Article VIII of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Mississippi Black Codes (1865)
Civil Rights Act (April 9
1866)
The Espionage Act (June 15
1917)
Leser v. Garnett (1922)
Executive Order 9066 (February 19
1942)
Findings and Purposes of the National Voter Registration Act (1993)
Hurst v. Florida (2016)
6 Resources
Introduction
Books
Scholarly Journals
Films
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index
Preface
1 Background and History
Introduction
The First Amendment-Religion
Speech
Press
Assembly
and Petition
The Second Amendment-The Right to Bear Arms
The Third Amendment-The Housing of Soldiers
The Fourth Amendment-Search and Arrest Warrants
The Fifth Amendment-Rights in Criminal Cases and Compelling Self-Incrimination
The Sixth Amendment-Rights to Fair Trial
The Seventh Amendment-Rights in Civil Cases
The Eighth Amendment-Bails
Fines
and Punishments
The Ninth Amendment-Rights Retained by the People
The Tenth Amendment-Powers Retained by States and the People
The Fourteenth Amendment-Civil Rights
The Fifteenth Amendment-Black Suffrage
Civil Rights Acts by the U.S. Congress
The Nineteenth Amendment-Women's Suffrage
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment-Poll Taxes
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment-Suffrage for Eighteen-Year-Olds
Conclusion
References
2 Problems
Controversies
and Solutions
Introduction
The Denial of Rights to the "Other"
Black Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic Americans
Native Americans
Muslim and Arab Americans
Political Ideological Minorities
Women's Rights-the Suffragettes and NOW
Religious Minorities
Other Minorities
Conclusion
References
3 Perspectives
Introduction
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Civil Rights Coping Strategies
Ken Bedell Two Courts: State Courts of Last Resort and Civil Rights Adjudication
Taraleigh Davis Defining Equality: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Michelle D. Deardorff Warrants for Me but Not for Thee: Students' Fourth Amendment Rights in Public Schools
Joshua Dunn When Secular and Religious Interests Collide
Scott Merriman Transgender Rights
Chuck Stewart The Free Press in the Age of Trump
John R. Vile Religious Opposition to Abortion Rights: Another Attempt at Establishment of Religion
David Weddle "Fish-Ins" and the Indian Civil Rights Movement
David Zeh 4 Profiles
Introduction
Organizations
Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
League of Women Voters (LWV)
United Farm Workers (UFW)
People-Government
Frank
Barney (1940-)
Ginsburg
Ruth Bader (1933-2020)
Jefferson
Thomas (1743-1826)
Johnson
Lyndon (1908-1973)
Lewis
John (1940-2020)
Lincoln
Abraham (1809-1865)
Madison
James (1751-1836)
Marshall
Thurgood (1908-1993)
Mason
George (1725-1792)
Rehnquist
William (1924-2005)
Warren
Earl (1891-1974)
People-Nongovernment
Addams
Jane (1860-1936)
Andrus
Ethel Percy (1884-1967)
Baker
Ella (1903-1986)
Berger
Victor (1860-1928)
Debs
Eugene (1855-1926)
Deer
Ada (1935-)
Du Bois
W.E.B. (1868-1963)
Farrakhan
Louis (1933-)
Huerta
Dolores (1930-)
Kaepernick
Colin Rand (1987-)
King
Martin Luther
Jr. (1929-1968)
Martin
Del (1921-2008)
Parks
Rosa (1913-2005)
Randolph
A. Philip (1889-1979)
Wells
Ida (1862-1931)
Wiesel
Elie (1928-2016)
References
5 Data and Documents
Introduction
Data
Table 5.1. Articles of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Table 5.2: Second Amendment Decisions and Congressional Gun Control Measures
Table 5.3: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fourth Amendment
Table 5.4: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fifth Amendment
Table 5.5: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fair Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment
Table 5.6: Supreme Court Decisions on Capital Punishment
Table 5.7: State Status Regarding Capital Punishment
Table 5.8: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Tenth
Fourteenth
Nineteenth
Twenty-Fourth
and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
Table 5.9: Major Civil Rights Acts Passed by the United States Congress
Table 5.10: Exemplary Civil Rights Advocacy Groups
by Type
Table 5.11: Activists and Organizations Concerning Sexual Orientation Rights
Table 5.12: Presidential Medals of Freedom Awarded for Civil Rights Activism
Documents
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Resolutions of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Article VIII of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Mississippi Black Codes (1865)
Civil Rights Act (April 9
1866)
The Espionage Act (June 15
1917)
Leser v. Garnett (1922)
Executive Order 9066 (February 19
1942)
Findings and Purposes of the National Voter Registration Act (1993)
Hurst v. Florida (2016)
6 Resources
Introduction
Books
Scholarly Journals
Films
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index
1 Background and History
Introduction
The First Amendment-Religion
Speech
Press
Assembly
and Petition
The Second Amendment-The Right to Bear Arms
The Third Amendment-The Housing of Soldiers
The Fourth Amendment-Search and Arrest Warrants
The Fifth Amendment-Rights in Criminal Cases and Compelling Self-Incrimination
The Sixth Amendment-Rights to Fair Trial
The Seventh Amendment-Rights in Civil Cases
The Eighth Amendment-Bails
Fines
and Punishments
The Ninth Amendment-Rights Retained by the People
The Tenth Amendment-Powers Retained by States and the People
The Fourteenth Amendment-Civil Rights
The Fifteenth Amendment-Black Suffrage
Civil Rights Acts by the U.S. Congress
The Nineteenth Amendment-Women's Suffrage
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment-Poll Taxes
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment-Suffrage for Eighteen-Year-Olds
Conclusion
References
2 Problems
Controversies
and Solutions
Introduction
The Denial of Rights to the "Other"
Black Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic Americans
Native Americans
Muslim and Arab Americans
Political Ideological Minorities
Women's Rights-the Suffragettes and NOW
Religious Minorities
Other Minorities
Conclusion
References
3 Perspectives
Introduction
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Civil Rights Coping Strategies
Ken Bedell Two Courts: State Courts of Last Resort and Civil Rights Adjudication
Taraleigh Davis Defining Equality: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Michelle D. Deardorff Warrants for Me but Not for Thee: Students' Fourth Amendment Rights in Public Schools
Joshua Dunn When Secular and Religious Interests Collide
Scott Merriman Transgender Rights
Chuck Stewart The Free Press in the Age of Trump
John R. Vile Religious Opposition to Abortion Rights: Another Attempt at Establishment of Religion
David Weddle "Fish-Ins" and the Indian Civil Rights Movement
David Zeh 4 Profiles
Introduction
Organizations
Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
League of Women Voters (LWV)
United Farm Workers (UFW)
People-Government
Frank
Barney (1940-)
Ginsburg
Ruth Bader (1933-2020)
Jefferson
Thomas (1743-1826)
Johnson
Lyndon (1908-1973)
Lewis
John (1940-2020)
Lincoln
Abraham (1809-1865)
Madison
James (1751-1836)
Marshall
Thurgood (1908-1993)
Mason
George (1725-1792)
Rehnquist
William (1924-2005)
Warren
Earl (1891-1974)
People-Nongovernment
Addams
Jane (1860-1936)
Andrus
Ethel Percy (1884-1967)
Baker
Ella (1903-1986)
Berger
Victor (1860-1928)
Debs
Eugene (1855-1926)
Deer
Ada (1935-)
Du Bois
W.E.B. (1868-1963)
Farrakhan
Louis (1933-)
Huerta
Dolores (1930-)
Kaepernick
Colin Rand (1987-)
King
Martin Luther
Jr. (1929-1968)
Martin
Del (1921-2008)
Parks
Rosa (1913-2005)
Randolph
A. Philip (1889-1979)
Wells
Ida (1862-1931)
Wiesel
Elie (1928-2016)
References
5 Data and Documents
Introduction
Data
Table 5.1. Articles of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Table 5.2: Second Amendment Decisions and Congressional Gun Control Measures
Table 5.3: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fourth Amendment
Table 5.4: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fifth Amendment
Table 5.5: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Fair Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment
Table 5.6: Supreme Court Decisions on Capital Punishment
Table 5.7: State Status Regarding Capital Punishment
Table 5.8: Supreme Court Decisions Regarding the Tenth
Fourteenth
Nineteenth
Twenty-Fourth
and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
Table 5.9: Major Civil Rights Acts Passed by the United States Congress
Table 5.10: Exemplary Civil Rights Advocacy Groups
by Type
Table 5.11: Activists and Organizations Concerning Sexual Orientation Rights
Table 5.12: Presidential Medals of Freedom Awarded for Civil Rights Activism
Documents
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Resolutions of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Article VIII of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Mississippi Black Codes (1865)
Civil Rights Act (April 9
1866)
The Espionage Act (June 15
1917)
Leser v. Garnett (1922)
Executive Order 9066 (February 19
1942)
Findings and Purposes of the National Voter Registration Act (1993)
Hurst v. Florida (2016)
6 Resources
Introduction
Books
Scholarly Journals
Films
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index