American Government Unit 6: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Flashcards
Fundamental individual rights
Civil liberties
The rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship
Civil Rights
A false and malicious statement/report about someone
Slander
To make and publish slander
Libel
Expressing an idea or emotion without the use of words
Symbolic Speech
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion.”
Free exercise clause
The government can’t favor or disfavor or form any religion
Establishment clause
Governmental suppression of speech
Prior restraint
To furnish with housing
Quarter
A body of rules that provide that evidence may not be introduced if it was obtained in violation of a party’s rights
Exclusionary rule
The prosecution of someone a second time for the same offense
Double jeopardy
Incriminating oneself by one’s own statements or answers
Self-incrimination
A charge made by a grand jury against a defendant
Indictment
An established course for judicial proceedings or other government activities designed to safeguard rights
Due process
Reasonable grounds for presuming guilt in someone charged with a crime
Probable cause
The power of a government to take private property for public use without owner consent
Eminent domain
Government preventing states from enacting laws that violate some of the basic rights of American citizens
Selective incorporation
The right to vote
Suffrage
A fixed tax levied on all persons in a certain area - regarding voting
Poll tax
A policy/program for correcting the effects of discrimination in the employment or education of members in a certain area
Affirmative action
One and three, abolition of slavery
13th Amendment
One and four, I’m ca citizen and I’ll say no more
14th Amendment
One and five, blacks can vote but not their wives
15th Amendment
Senators can’t be mean
17th Amendment
One and nine, women will vote just fine
19th Amendment
D.C. can elect just like me
23rd Amendment
Poll tax no more
24th Amendment
They said 18 and it sticks
26th Amendment
BOR 1st Amendment
Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly
*(Priorities)
BOR 2nd Amendment
The right to bear arms
*(Some would say this is second most important)
BOR 3rd Amendment
No quartering of troops
*(World War III)
BOR 4th Amendment
No search and seizure without a warrant
*(Hate to have police knocking at my door)
BOR 5th Amendment
Double jeopardy, due process, no testifying against yourself
*(Double 5 to get the 10 Amendments in the BOR)
BOR 6th Amendment
Right to a fair and speedy trial with a jury
*(A slow trial makes me sick)
BOR 7th Amendment
Ability to sue for $20+ in court
Right to a trial with jury
*(Sitting in jail w/o a jury)
BOR 8th Amendment
No excessive bail and no cruel and unusual punishment
*(You eight my finger)
BOR 9th Amendment
You have rights other than those listed
*(Summary goes at the end)
BOR 10th Amendment
States have powers not given to the federal government
*(Sates are LAST priority)
