mfns Flashcards
A Supreme Court formula to legitimate the abridgement of the right of free speech
Clear and Present Danger Test
Protection against deprivation of life, liberty or property
Due process clause
Prohibiting an official religion
establishment cause
The prohibition against the use of illegally obtained evidence in court
exclusionary rule
guaranteeing religious freedoms
Free Exercise Clause
protecting freedom of speech, press, assembly and the right to petition
Freedom of Expression
Part of the first amendment that grants freedom of religion
Freedom of Religion
Admission of illegally obtained evidence if illegality results from a technical or minor error
Good Faith exception
Harming another by publishing defamatory statements
Libel
A government action to prevent rather than punish certain expressions
Prior restraint
the legal basis for the issuance of a search warrent
probably clause
A written authorization to the police to search a home
search warrent
A Federalist bill of 1789 criminalizing criticism of the Government
Sedition act
1940 act criminalizing the advocacy of violent revolution
smith act
An act that conveys a political message
symbolic speech
An interpretation of part of the first amendment that prevents government involvement with religion
wall of separation
