USA Law

Tag: Civil rights

  • Right to Life

    Right to Life in the United States Concepts In relation to Rights to Life, Liberty and Property, there are definitions in the American legal dictionary (see the entries) about the following topics: Naturalization Dual citizenship Right of expatriation Property rights Contract clause […]

  • Equal Rights

    Equal Rights in the United States Equal Rights, Sexual Behaviour and the Law Further Reading Equal Rights in the Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law Concepts In relation to the Equal Rights under the Law, there are definitions in the American legal dictionary (see the entries) about […]

  • Minorities

    Minorities in the United States Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the United States: Rights of Other Minorities Note: Civil Rights for Hispanics and Asian Americans and Rights of Women are separate entries of this legal Encyclopedia.The struggle for civil rights has not been confined to […]

  • First Amendment Freedoms

    First Amendment Freedoms in the United States Concepts In relation to the First Amandments freedoms, there are definitions in the American legal dictionary (see the entries) about the following topics: Writ of habeas corpus Ex post facto law Bill of attainder Due process clause Selective […]

  • Civil Rights History

    Civil Rights History in United States From the 1870s to the late 1950s, Congress did not pass a single piece of meaningful civil rights legislation. Several factors contributed to that sorry fact. Among the major ones: Through that period the nation’s predominantly white population was […]

  • Civil Rights Movement

    America´s Civil Rights Movement in the United States Introduction to the America´s Civil Rights Movement According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, because the basic rights of citizenship were not equally available to all Americans at the nation’s inception, civil rights […]

  • Susan Brownell Anthony

    Susan Brownell Anthony in the United States Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Introduction According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts to a Quaker father and a Baptist mother. She never married and was a […]

  • American Civil Liberties Union

    American Civil Liberties Union in the United States American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), organization devoted to defending the individual rights and freedoms of all people in the United States. The ACLU works to protect the civil liberties granted by the Constitution of the United States and […]

  • American Civil Liberties Union

    American Civil Liberties Union in the United States American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), organization devoted to defending the individual rights and freedoms of all people in the United States. The ACLU works to protect the civil liberties granted by the Constitution of the United States and […]

  • Foreign Intelligence

    Foreign Intelligence in the United States Patriot Act Provisions of the Patriot Act Foreign Intelligence Gathering Within the United States Introduction to Foreign Intelligence The Patriot Act lowers the standards that the government is required to follow to gather intelligence on the […]

  • Gays

    Gays in the United States The Gay Rights Revolution in the United States and the Constitutional Justice This section covers the following topics: The history of Gay Rights, including: A Brave Few: Gays and Lesbians in the 1950s and 60s The Early Push for Marriage Rights The […]

  • Rights of Women

    Rights of Women in the United States Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the United States: Rights of Women Historically, American women have been denied their civil rights in suffrage (they were unable to vote until a 1920 constitutional amendment), employment, and other areas. In the […]

  • Basic Education

    Basic Education in the United States Education Legal Materials The U.S. Department of Education posts education-related research reports and statistics, plus information about the Department and financial aid (www.ed.gov). Westlaw has an Education News database (EDNEWS), and ProQuest […]

  • American Civil Liberties Union In The 1930s And 1940s

    American Civil Liberties Union in the 1930s and 1940s in the United States The ACLU went on to join a wide variety of rights-related causes that challenged traditional political and social mores. In 1932 the ACLU organized the National Committee on Freedom from Censorship ‘to fight censorship […]

  • Terrorists

    Terrorists in the United States Patriot Act Provisions of the Patriot Act Material Aid to Terrorists Introduction to Terrorists Prior to the Patriot Act, U.S. law made it a criminal act to provide material support to an individual or organization that committed terrorist acts. The Patriot Act […]