1. How do civil liberties often involve a conflict between different liberties?
Civil liberties are basic rights given to everybody. It often involves conflict because discrimination exists between people of different race or gender and some people don’t think different people deserve the same civil liberties, even though civil liberties should be the same for every human being
2. Read the textbook and the handout on the incorporation doctrine and write a definition of incorporation clarifying the concept in your own words as well as explaining the role of the 14th Amendment in incorporation. What is selective incorporation?
Incorporation in opening your business or actions to other people and letting them be involved in your work. Selective incorporation is where you get to choose who becomes involved but they are involved nonetheless.
3. List and explain the circumstances when the Supreme Court has ruled that freedom of speech may be limited.
Freedom of speech is limited when it puts others in danger, for instance yelling fire at a movie theater
4. Explain briefly how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Free Exercise and Establishment clauses.
The Supreme Court usually interprets free exercise very loosely, and let lots of people do lots of things. However, sometimes a bar is lowered because the crime committed is so far out of the realm of normality.
5. What are the difficulties in using the “wall of separation” principle?
Sometimes putting a wall between religion and government can anger a few people but it is nothing compared to what would’ve happened without it
6. What is the purpose of the exclusionary rule? What are the exceptions to it that the Supreme Court has recognized?
The exclusionary rule is a legal principle in the United States, under constitutional law, which holds that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights is sometimes inadmissible for a