POLS 2311 Test 1 Bill of Rights
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- What is the Bill of Rights?
- Amendments 1-10 guaranteeing rights
- What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
- To limit the power of the federal government
- What is preferred position doctrine?
- 1st amendment rights are higher that any others in the constitution, any law that regulates the 1st amendment is unconstitutional
- What is the 14th Amendment?
- ...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process by law
- What happened in the 1925 case of Gitlow v. New York?
- began to incorporate most of the Bill of Rights to apply to the states
- What oppression did Giodana Bruno endure at the hands of the Vatican?
- was burned to death because he argued that the earth is not the center of the universe
- What is Shariah?
- strict Islamic Law
- Who was Amina Lawal?
- first women sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery after adopting Shariah Law in Nigeria
- What kind of oppression happened under Khomeini in Iran?
- Expelled all women from government, created vice squads to look for moral offenses.
- What kind of moral offenses did Khomeini's vice squard look for?
- alcohol, music, playing cards and mixed parties
- What happened to Hashem Aghajari, history professor in Iran?
- sentenced to hang for saying "Muslims should not blindly follow leaders like monkeys."
- What kind of oppression has been seen in Saudi Arabia?
- secret trials, stone adulteress to death, amputate hand of thieves, religious police enforce Islamic Law
- What are some other examples of oppression?
- Mexican torture, China's Tinemen Square, Rwanda Massacre, Cambodian killing fields, Nazis, Afghnistan's call for death to all Christians
- What are two examples of oppression in the US?
- Slavery and Salem Witch Trials (16 women were hanged for being witches)