civil liberties

Question 1

Amendments protecting the Accused

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4th, 5th, 6th, 8th

Question 2

the judicial rule that states that evidence obtained in an illegal search and seizure cannot be used in trial

Answer 2

Exclusionary Rule

Question 3

Forbids the police to conduct searches and seizures without probable clause

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4th amendment

Question 4

Protects against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, loss of life, liberty, and property without due process of law

Answer 4

5th amendment

Question 5

right to have legal counsel, to confront witnesses, speedy trial and trial by ‘jury of peers’ in criminal proceedings

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6th amendment

Question 6

Protection against excessive bails/fines, cruel and unusual punishments

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8th amendment

Question 7

Bad Tendency test

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Gitlow vs New York

Question 8

Specific individual rights that are constitutionally protected against gov’t infringement

Answer 8

Civil Liberties

Question 9

clear and present danger

Answer 9

Schenck vs US

Question 10

different kinds of speech that have been given different kinds of protections

Answer 10

Commercial speech and Market Place of Ideas

Question 11

established standards for governing obscenities

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Miller vs California

Question 12

government cannot censor or otherwise prohibit a publication in advance

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Near vs Minnesota

Question 13

established a constitutional right to privacy

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Griswold vs Connecticut

Question 14

ruled a Texas law outlawing abortion as unconstitutional

Answer 14

Roe vs Wade

Question 15

established the “good faith exception”

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U.S. vs Leon

Question 16

struck down a state program that would have helped pay the salaries of teachers hired by parochial schools to give instructions in secular subjects

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Lemon vs Kurtzman

Question 17

case established statements that police are required to make to a person before that person is subject to in-custody questioning

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Miranda vs Arizona

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preserved the right of individuals to burn the flag as a form of symbolic speech

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U.S. vs Eichman

Question 19

prohibiting the reciting of prayers in public schools

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Engle vs Vitale

Question 20

ruled that all evidence obtained illegally was indamissible in a state court

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Mapp vs Ohio

Question 21

the supreme court upheld a local gov’t program that provided free transportation to parochial school students

Answer 21

Everson vs Board of Education

Question 22

the supreme court ruled that disqualifying Sherbert, a seventh day activist, from receiving unemployment benefits violated the free exercise clause

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Sherbert vs. Verner

Question 23

supreme court ruled that freedom of speech take precedence- with public officials

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New York Time vs Sullivan

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Protection against double jeopardy is not a fundamental right

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Palko vs Connecticut

Question 25

made the right to a jury trial in criminal cases obligatory on the states

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Duncan vs Louisiana

Question 26

everyone has a right to legal counsel

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Gideon vs Wainwright

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first instance of the court applying the Bill of Rights to the states

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Gitlow vs New York

Question 28

refers to legal protections that are designed to ensure individual rights are respected by the gov’t

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Due process

Question 29

the first clause in the first amendment, which forbids government establishment of religion

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Establishment clause

Question 30

the judicial rule that states that evidence obtained in an illegal search and seizure cannot be used in trial

Answer 30

Exclusionary rule

Question 31

the second clause in the first amendment, which prevents the government from interfering with the exercise of religon

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Free-exercise clause

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the press and speech clauses of the first amendment

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Free-expression clause

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the right of the accused to have a trial

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Habeas Corpus

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a judicial doctrine whereby most, but not all, protections found in the Bill of Rights are made applicable to the States via the 14th amendment

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Incorpation

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Lemon Test

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1) must have secular purpose
2) their primary effect must be to advance or inhibit religion
3) must not entangle the gov’t excessively with religion

Question 36

publication of material that falsely damages a person’s reputation

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Libel

Question 37

statements concerning rights that police are required to make to a person before he/she is subjected to in custody questioning

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Miranda rights

Question 38

government prohibitation of speech or publication before the fact

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Prior restraint

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people who assume roles of prominence in society or thrust themselves to the forefront fo public controversy

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Public figures

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Right to privacy

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Griswold vs Connecticut

Question 41

a judicial doctrine whereby most, but not all, protections found in the Bill of rights are made applicable to the states via the 14th amendment

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Selective incorportation

Question 42

spoken words that falsely damage a person’s reputation

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Slander

Question 43

expression of an idea or viewpoint through an action

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Symbolic speech

Question 44

rules on speech to prevent disruptions or safety threats

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Time, Place, and Manner restriction