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13 Cards in this Set
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Writ of habeas corpus |
A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody. |
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Ex post facto law |
Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person. |
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Bill of attainder |
Legislative act inflicting punishment, including deprivation of property, without a trial, on named individuals or members of a specific group. |
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Due process clause |
Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government. |
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Dual citizenship |
Citizenship in more than one nation. |
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Contract clause |
Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 10) originally intended to prohibit state governments from modifying contracts made between individuals. |
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Double jeopardy |
Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the Constitution. |
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Women’s suffrage |
The right of women to vote. |
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Equal protection clause |
Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
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White primary |
Democratic party primary in the old “one-party South” that was limited to white people and essentially constituted an election; ruled unconstitutional in 1944. |
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Racial gerrymandering |
The drawing of election districts so as to ensure that members of a certain race are a minority in the district; ruled unconstitutional in 1960. |
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Poll tax |
Tax required to vote; prohibited for national elections by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964) and ruled unconstitutional for all elections in 1966. |
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Majority-minority district |
A congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting. |
