Please read chapters four and five on The Bill or Rights, The Struggle for Civil Rights, The Universalization of Civil Rights from Required Text: Lowi, T., Ginsberg, B., Weir, M., Tolbert, C., (2013). We the People. New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company AND watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3P6N9g-dQg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5lSy8UaIe0 The material in this video clip will be helpful for understanding the struggle for civil rights.
Your readings about civil liberties and civil rights will be very important in order for you to see how government can, does, should (and should not) affect your life today.
#1 Many of the amendments in the Bill or Rights protect the rights of the accused. Do they go too far in protecting the rights of the accused and does this encroach on the rights of victims? Why/why not?
To get an A:
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