Chapter 4 Flashcards
The portion of the U.S. Constitution that outlines the freedoms and rights of individuals.
Bill of Rights
The term used to describe an action that expresses a political opinion.
Symbolic speech
Forbids states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of the law.
Fourteenth Amendment
The prohibition on the U.S. government to establish a state-sponsored religion.
Establishment Clause
The term used to describe the personal freedoms of individuals in a free society and the limitations on the power of government to infringe upon them.
Civil liberties
The Supreme Court case in which Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the majority opinion of the Court, which was to support the right of the government to curtail any speech that “tended to subvert or imperil the government.” This case was the first ruling of the Supreme Court on a free expression case.
Schenck v. U.S. (1919)
The limitation placed on the government’s ability to control or restrict religious practices.
Free Exercise Clause
The Supreme Court case that found that the mere advocacy of a hypothetical revolution was not enough to suppress free speech.
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
The process through which certain rights in the Bill of Rights become applicable to actions by states governments through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Selective Incorporation
A term used to describe restrictions and licensing placed on publications before they are released.
Prior restraint
