AP Government and Politics: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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Name: AP U.S. Government and Politics Mr. Fern?ndez Unit 9 ? Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Key Terms General Bill of Rights: First ten amendments in the Constitution; limitation of the federal government. Selective incorporation: The bill of rights is understood to have been present to regulate the federal government and federal government only according to some people. Others believe that the 14th amendment requires states to adhere to the bill of rights. The courts use ?selective incorporation? to uphold individual clauses within each amendment and rejecting other clauses as inapplicable with the state government.