Ap government unit two Flashcards

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fifth amendment

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-right to grand jury in federal cases
- no double jeopardy
-protection against self incrimination

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sixth amendment

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-right to attorney
- right to a speedy and public trial of impartial people
- right to be informed of charges
- right to confront and obtain witnesses

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civil rights act of 1964

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-signed by LBJ
- legislation response to civil rights movement and pressure for racial equality
- banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

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Voting rights act of 1965

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signed by LBJ
- response to systematic disenfranchisement go African Americans (south where there were literacy tests)
-banned discriminative voting practices

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Title IX of the education act of 1972

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-signed by Nixon
- prohibited sexual discrimination in schools
-applied to all levels of education

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civil liberties

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rights- chiefly, rights to be free of government interference- according to an individual by the constitution

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14 th “due process of law”

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denies government the right without due process, to deprive people of life, liberty, and property

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14th “equal protection of the laws”

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a standard of equal treatment the must be observed by the government

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1st freedom of expression

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right of people to speak, publish, and assemble

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1st freedom of religion

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people shall be free to exercise their religion and government may not establish a relgion

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prior restraint

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censorship of publication BEFORE it gets published

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clear and present danger test

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laws should not punish speech unless there is a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions

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libel

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a written statement that defames the character of another person

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14
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symbolic speech

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an act that conveys a political message

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1st free exercise clause

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requirement that law cannot prevent exercise of religion

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establishment clause

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ban on laws “respecting an establishment of religion”

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exclusionary rule

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improperly gathered evidence may NOT reintroduced in a criminal trial

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good faith exception

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an error in gathering evidence that is minor that it may be used in trial

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public safety exception

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police can question a non-marndized suspect If there is an URGENT concern for public safety

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inevitable discovery

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the police can use evidence if it would have inevitably been discovered

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civil rights

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the rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unconstitutional differences

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de jure segregation

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racial segregation that is required by law

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de facto segregation

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racial segregation’s that occurs because of patterns of residential settlement

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civil disobedience

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opposing a law one considers unjust by peaceful disobeying it and accepting the resulting punishment

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affirmative action
laws/ administrative regulations that require a business firm, government agency, labor union, school, etc. to take positive steps to increase the number of African Americans, minorities, or women in its membership
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reverse dissemination
using race or sec to give preferential treatment to some people