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16 Cards in this Set
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Due process of law
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Denies the government the right, without due process, to deprive people of life, liberty, and property
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Equal protection of the law
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A standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the government
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Selective incorporation
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Court cases that apply Bill or Rights to states
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Freedom of expression
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Right of people to speak, publish, and assemble
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Freedom of religion
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People shall be free to exercise their religion, and government may not establish a religion
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Prior restraint
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Censorship of a publication
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Clear-and-present-danger test
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Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
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Libel
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Writing that falsely injures another person
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Symbolic speech
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An act that conveys a political message
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Free-exercise clause
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First Amendment requirement that law cannot prevent free exercise of religion
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Establishment clause
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First Amendment ban on laws "respecting establishment of religion"
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Wall of separation
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Court ruling that government cannot be involved with religion
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Exclusionary rule
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Improperly gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial
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Search warrant
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A judge's order authorizing a search
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Probable cause
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Reasonable cause for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest; more than mere suspicion
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Good-faith exception
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An error in gathering evidence sufficiently minor that it may be used in a trial
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