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23 Cards in this Set
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Bill of Rights |
First 10 amendments of the constitution |
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Picketing |
Patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike |
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Parochial |
Church-relatied, as in a parochial school |
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Civil liberties |
The guarantees of the safety of persons, opinions, and property from the arbitrary acts of government, including freedom of speech and relgion |
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Due process clause |
Part of the 14th amendment which guarantees that no state deny basic rights to its people |
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Free exercise clause |
The second part of the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom, which guarantees to each person the right to believe whatever he or she chooses to believe in matters of religion |
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Alien |
Foreign born resident or noncitizen |
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Prior restraint |
The government cannot curb ideas before they are expressed |
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Shield Law |
A law which gives reporters some protection against having to disclose their sources or reveal other confidential information in legal proceedings |
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Right of association |
The right to associate with others to promote political, economic, and other social causes |
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Process of incorporation |
The process of incorporation, including, most of the guarantees in the bill of Rights into the 14th amendment's due process clause |
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Libel |
False and malicious use of printed words |
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Content neutral |
The government may not regulate assemblies on the basis on what might be said |
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Sedition |
The crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force, or to disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts |
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Symbolic speech |
Expression by conduct; communicating ideas through facial expressions, body language, or by carrying a sign or wearing an arm band |
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Seditious speech |
The advocating, or urging, of an attempt to overthrow the government by force, or to disrupt its lawful activities with violence |
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Slander |
False and malicious use of spoken words |
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Civil rights |
A term used for those positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people; prohibits descromination |
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Assemble |
To gather with one another in order to express views on public matters |
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Establishment clause |
Separates church and state |
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Compromise with bicameral legislature, one by population and one with equal representatives is |
Connecticut compromise |
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What do minor parties do that major parties don't? |
Take clear-cut stands on controversial issues |
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Under the system of separation of powers, political parties are usually the agent that prompt cooperation between who? |
Legislative and executive branches |
