Civil Rights Liberties Flashcards
Mercy killing
Euthanasia
Those personal freedoms that are protected for all individuals
Civil liberties
The part of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the establishment of a church officially supported by the national government
Establish clause
The view that most protections of the Bill of Rights incorporated in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution against state governments
Incorporation Theory
Restraining an action before the activity has occurred
Prior Restraint
A rule that speech or other first amendment freedoms may be curtailed if such expression might lead to some evils
Bad Tendency Rule
A judicial doctrine which limitations are permissible if they avoid imminent, serious, and important evils
Preferred Position Doctrine
Speech maybe be restricted if it provokes clear and present danger to the public
Clear and Present Danger Test
Advertising statements which have been protected under the first amendment of the U.S. constitution
Commercial speech
Nonverbal expression
Symbolic speech
Defamation by speech
Slander
Words used by a public speaker that provoke an average person to violence, such as racial or ethnic type
Fighting words
Disruptive behavior of a public listener that, in effect, vetoes the public speakers’ rights to speak.
Heckler’s Veto
A written defamation
Libel
Intentionally publishing any printed statement that is injurious to the character of another person
Actual Malice
