CIVIL LIBERTIES

 

Section 1:  Due Process of Law

    A.  Procedural and Substantive Due Process

        1.  Procedural Process

 

        2.  Substantive Due Process

 

        3.  Rochin vs. California

 

        4.  14th amendment and Bill of Rights

 

    B.  Due Process and Police Power

        1.  Police Power of the State

 

        2.  Courts

 

    C.  Right of Privacy

        1.  Right of Privacy

 

        2.  Roe vs. Wade

 

             Restrictions-

 

Section 2:  Freedom and Security of the Person

    A.  Slavery and Involuntary Servitude:  The 13th amendment

        1.  Peonage

    B.  Right to keep and bear arms

    C.  Security of Home and Person

        1.  3rd amendment-

        2.  4th amendment-

        3.  automobiles-

        4.  Exclusionary rule-

        5.  Wiretapping-

Section 3:  Rights of the Accused

        1.  Habeas Corpus

            a.

            b.

        2.  Bills of Attainder

            a.

            b.

        3.  Ex Post Facto Laws

        4.  Double Jeopardy

        5.  Speedy and Public Trial

        6.  Trial by Jury

        7.  Right to an adequate defense

        8.  Self-Incrimination

Section 4:  Rights of the Accused:  Punishment

    A.  Excessive Bail, Fines

        1.  8th amendment

        2.  established guilt

        3.  Preventative Detention-

    B.  Cruel and Unusual Punishment

        1.  8th amendment

        2.  Interpretation

    C.  Capital Punishment

        1.  1972-

        2.

    D.  Treason

        1.

        2.

        3.

        4.

        5.

Miranda Rights

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