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🕊️Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Key Terms

526 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Civil Rights and Civil Liberties exam

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Access to government services
Accessibility standards
Achievement gap
ACLU
ACLU v. Clapper
Administrative Searches
Adversarial system
Affordable housing
Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Age-related voting barriers
Aguilar v. Texas
Ai auditing and transparency
Al-Aulaqi v. Obama
Alexander Bickel
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Indian Movement
American Woman Suffrage Association
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Angela Davis
Anti-abortion movement
Anti-discrimination policies
Antonin Scalia
Appeal rights
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
Arizona v. United States
Ashe v. Swenson
Atkins v. Virginia

B

Bail fund initiatives
Bail reform
Bail reform laws
Balancing Tests
Barron v. Baltimore
Baxter v. Palmigiano
Baze v. Rees
Bethel School District v. Fraser
Black feminist thought
Blockburger v. United States
Bona fide occupational qualification
Border searches
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Brady violations
Bragdon v. Abbott
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Branzburg v. Hayes
Braswell v. United States
Brown v. Plata
Bryan Stevenson
Buck v. Bell
Bucklew v. Precythe
Burden Shifting
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
Business necessity
Busing Programs
But-for causation standard

C

California Bankers Assn v. Shultz
California Consumer Privacy Act
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Carey v. Population Services International
Carpenter v. United States
Centers for independent living
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago
Chilling effect
Citizenship clause
City of Boerne v. Flores
Civil liberties erosion
Civil liberties suspension
Civil Rights Cases
Civil rights lawsuits
Civil rights protections
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