Civil Rights and Liberties

Civil Rights and Liberties:

An OER Textbook for Undergraduate Students

Professor Heidi Getchell-Bastien, J.D.

MassBay Community College

March on Washington, 1963

Warren K. Leffler / Library of Congress (LC-DIG-ds-04664)

This OER is Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Readers are free to use, share, adapt, remix, and build upon this material for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as they provide appropriate credit to:

Getchell-Bastien, H. (2025). Civil Rights and Liberties: An OER Textbook for Undergraduate Students https://sites.google.com/view/professorbastien-civilrights .

Because this resource addresses civil rights, civil liberties, and the law, it is a living document that will be updated regularly as legal developments occur. Please email me at hgetchellbastien@massbay.edu with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggested updates related to this resource.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview
The Constitution Of The United States
The Supreme Court
Core Doctrines Of Constitutional Law
The First Amendment Part One: Religious Protections
The First Amendment Part Two: Free Speech and Other Protections
The Second Amendment and Gun Control
The Rights of The Criminally Accused Part One: Searches, Investigations, Arrests, And Evidence
The Rights of the Criminally Accused Part Two: Trials, Sentencing, And Punishment
Civil Rights Part One: Race and National Origin
Civil Rights Part Two: Gender, Sexual Orientation, Age, Disability, and Other Protected Classes
Reproductive Rights
Voting Rights
Emerging Rights, Future Challenges, and Conclusion

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