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| Chapter 4: Civil Liberties |
| Questions for Discussion and Thought |
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| 1. How much free speech do you think we should allow in the United States? Would you want a white racist to give a speech on your campus? A member of the freemen’s militia? A neo-Nazi? An African American racist? |
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| 2. Have you ever been called for jury duty? Explain the process. How did you feel about this? Did you try to get out of jury duty? What if everyone tried to evade jury duty? |
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| 3. List three provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. Do you think that these provisions are necessary to ensure our safety, or are they a threat to our civil liberties? |
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| 4. Most of the democratic countries of the world have abolished capital punishment. Why do you think the United States still uses execution? If other countries had our crime rate, do you think they would want capital punishment? A Texas legislator recently introduced a bill allowing ten-year-olds to be executed. List arguments for and against capital punishment for juveniles. Should we draw the line according to age or to severity of crime? |
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