AP Gov Ch.4 Jeron Tainatongo

Question 1

The Crown v. Zenger

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legal case in the colony of New York that is considered a precursor to free press provisions in the Constitution.

Question 2

civil liberties

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personal guarantees and freedoms that he gov can’t abridge by law, constitution, or judicial interpretation.

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civil rights

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gov-protected right of individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by govs or individuals.

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Bill of Rights

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first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which largely guarantee specific rights and liberties.

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Ninth Amendment

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makes clear that enumerating rights in the Constitution or Bill of Rights doesn’t meant that others don’t exist.

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Tenth Amendment

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defines the basic principle of American federalism in stating that the powers bot delegated to the national gov are reserved to the states or to the people.

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Fourteenth Amendment

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extends the “equal protection of the law” to all citizens

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due process clause

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clause constructed to guarantee a variety of rights to individuals.

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substantive due process

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protects citizens from arbitrary or unjust state or federal law.

Question 10

sedition laws

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make it illegal to speak or write any political criticism that threaten to diminish respect for the government, its laws, or public officials.

Question 11

Gitlow v. New York

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extended the First Amendment’s protections of freedom of speech and of the press to the state governments.

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incorporation doctrine

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interpretation of the Constitution holding that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires stat and local gov to guarantee the rights stated in the Bill of Rights.

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selective incorporation

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protections found in the Bill of Rights are made applicable to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment.

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fundamental freedoms

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rights defined by the Court as essential to order, liberty, and justice and therefore entitled to the highest standard of review

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Warren Court

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period in Supreme Court history during which Earl Warren served as Chief Justice, noted for its many ruling expanding civil liberties and civil rights

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Earl Warren

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fourteenth Chief Justice of the U.S. who served from 1953-1969 and led the Court through an important liberal phase

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First Amendment

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imposes a number of restrictions on the federal government with respect to civil liberties, including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Question 18

establishment clause

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first clause of the First Amendment it directs the national government not to sanction an official religion.

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free exercise clause

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second clause of the First Amendment which prohibits the U.S. gov from interfering with a citizen’s right to practice religion.

Question 20

Lemon Test

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three-part test created by the Supreme Court for examining the constitutionality of religious establishment issues.

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prior restraint

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constitutional doctrine that prevents the gov from prohibiting speech or publication before the fact

Question 22

Alien and Sedition Act

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allowed the imprisonment and deportation of aliens considered dangerous and criminalized false statements against the gov.

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abolitionist

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supporter of an end to the institution of slavery

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Abraham Lincoln

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sixteenth president of the U.S. and was the first elected Republican president who served from 1861-1865.

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Espionage Act

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prohibited urging resistance to the draft or distributing anti-war leaflets

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clear and present danger test

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test to draw the line between protected and unprotected speech that was articulated by the Supreme Court.

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direct incitement test

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test articulated by the Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment protects advocacy of illegal action unless imminent lawless action is intended and likely to occur.

Question 28

New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971)

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case where the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. gov couldn’t block the publication of secret Department of Defense documents illegally furnished to the Times by antiwar activists.

Question 29

symbolic speech

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methods of expressing generally considered to be protected by the First Amendment

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hate speech

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communication that belittles a person/group on the basic of race, gender, ethnicity, or other characteristics.

Question 31

Occupy Wall Street

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social movement that promotes protests and political activism against income inequality and corporate greed

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Black Lives Matter

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social movement focused on direct protest and political activism against police brutality, mass incarceration, and related offences against African Americans

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libel

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false statement that defames a person’s character

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slander

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untrue spoken statement that defames a person’s character

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New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

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case where the Supreme Court concluded that “actual malice” must be proven to support a finding of libel against a public figure

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fighting words

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words that “by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of peach”.

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Miller v. California (1973)

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case that created the “Miller Test” to determine when sexually-explicit expression was obscene and therefore beyond the protection of the First Amendment

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DeJonge v. Oregon (1937)

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case that applied the First Amendment’s protections of freedom of assembly to the states.

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Eighteenth Amendment

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1913 amendment that created the nationwide prohibition on alcoholic beverages.

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writs of habeas corpus

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petition requesting that a judge order authorities to prove that a prisoner is being held lawfully and that allows the prisoner to be freed if the gov’s case doesn’t persuade the judge.

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ex post facto law

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makes an act punishable as a crime even if the action was legal at the time it was committed

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bill of attainder

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law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial

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due process rights

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protection drawn from the Fourth Amendment and the Bill of Rights ensuring fair treatment, or substantive, protecting fundamental rights.

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Fourth Amendment

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protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers, and effects without a warrant

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Fifth Amendment

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imposes a number of restrictions on the federal gov with the respect to the rights of persons suspected of committing a crime.

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grand jury

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citizens charged with determining whether enough evidence exists for a case to go to trial.

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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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Supreme Court ruling holding that the Fifth Amendment requires individuals arrested for a crime to be advised of their right to remain silent ad to have counsel present

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Miranda Rights

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statement required of police that inform a suspect of his/her constitutional rights protected by the Fifth Amendment.

Question 49

Burger Court

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period where Warren Burger served as Chief Justice from 1969-1986.

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Warren E. Burger

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fifteenth chef justice of the U.S. who led the court in an increasingly conservative direction from 1969-1986.

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double jeopardy clause

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protects individuals from being tried twice for the same offense in the same jurisdiction

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exclusionary rule

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prohibits police from using illegally seized evidence at trial

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Sixth Amendment

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sets the basic requirements of procedural due process for federal courts to follow in criminal trials

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capital cases

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cases in which a conviction may result in the application of the death penalty.

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Eight Amendment

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states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.”

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right to privacy

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judicially created principle encompassing a variety of individuals actions protected by the penumbras cast by several constitutional amendments.

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Roe v. Wade

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The Supreme Court found that a woman’s right to an abortion was protected by the right to privacy that could be implied from specific guarantees found in the Bill of Rights applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment

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Planned Parenthood of South-eastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)

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decision replaced the strict scrutiny standard of Roe with the less stringent undue burden standard.

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undue burden test

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standard set by the Supreme Court in the Casey case in 1992 that narrowed Roe v. Wade and allowed for greater regulation of abortion by the states

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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (2016)

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struck down state law provisions in Texas as presenting an undue burden on women seeking abortions.

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September 11th

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terrorist plot carried out on Sep. 11th, 2001 that used hijacked civilian aircraft to attack the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon near Washington, D.C.