AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Class Date: September 23, 2003

CIVIL LIBERTIES

1. Define Civil Liberties. How does it relate specifically to the constitution?

2. Define the following concepts:

a. incorporation theory

b. establishment clause

c. free exercise clause

3. Select an issue from the news on the issue of privacy rights and argue both sides (pro and con) as to whether that issue has Civil Liberties concerns.

4. Find an article in a newspaper or magazine on the debate concerning the creation of the Office of Homeland security in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11.