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53 Cards in this Set
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Provides freedom
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1st amendment
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Non- religious
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secular
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False written word that is malicious and intends to harm one's reputation
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libel
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Spying
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espionage
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Guaranteed right to vote, regardless of race and previous condition of servitude
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15th amendment
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Incite resistance to lawful authority
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Sedition
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Conduct/actions that express opinions
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symbolic speech
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abolish slavery
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13th amendment
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Pertaining to religion
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Sectarian
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Levying war against own nation or providing aid to the enemy during war
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treason
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stopping something to be spoken or published before it is spoken or published
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prior restraint
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suppressing something considered unacceptable
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prior restraint
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nationalized the Bill of Rights
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14th amendment
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false spoken word that is malicious and intends to harm one's reputation
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slander
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no limits on what you believe
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free exercise
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Due Process
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(H) Steps to removing someone's rights
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Substantive due process
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(U) "policy" of government used in the removal of rights
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Procedural due process
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(M) "actions" of government in removal of rights
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Police power
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(G) Authority of each state to protect and promote0
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Search warrant
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(P) Court order authorizing police to look for evidence
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Involuntary servitude
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(E) Forced labor
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Discrimination
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(I) Bias/unfairness based on race, sex...
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Writ of assistance
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(C) Blanket search warrant
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Probable cause
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(J) reasonable suspicion of a crime
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Exclusionary rule
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(B) evidence gained in an illegal search can't be used in trial
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Writ of habeas corpus
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(L) intended to prevent unjust arrest and imprisonment
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Bill of attainder
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(R) Legislative act that inflicts punishment
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Expost facto law
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(K) Law passed after the fact
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grand jury
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(T) Formal device by which person can be accused of a serious crime
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Indictment
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(O) Formal Complaint
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Double Jeopardy
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(X) Protection against being tried for the exact same crime twice
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Bench trial
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(A) Judge alone hears and decides the case
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Miranda rule
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(Q) rights read to accused
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Bail
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(S) Money deposited by accused to guarantee their appearance in court
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Preventive detention
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(N) Accused can be held w/o bail if there is good reason to believe they would commit another crime
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Capital Punishment
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(D) Death sentence
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Treason
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(F) Levying war against one's own country
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Exclusive Jurisdiction (A)
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case that can only be heard in a federal court
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Original Jurisdiction (B)
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The court that a case is first heard in
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Concurrent Jurisdiction (C)
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Case that could be tried in state or federal court
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Appellate Jurisdiction (D)
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Federal District Court of Appeals
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Plaintiff (E)
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Person who brings the case to court
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Judicial Review (F)
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The power of the court to determine the constitutionality of a government act
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Writ of Mandamus (G)
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Court order compelling an official to carry out his duty
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Writ of Certionari (H)
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The supreme court calls a case up from the lower court
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Certificate (I)
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Lower court use this to ask the supreme court to clear up a question
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Brief (J)
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Summary of the court case
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Majority Opinion (K)
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Agrees with the final decision of a court
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Dissenting Opinion (L)
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Disagree with the decision
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Concurring Opinion ( M)
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Agrees with the final decision but not the reasoning
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Precedent (O)
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Standard set by a court decision
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Litigant (P)
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Any party involved in a court case
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Defendant (S)
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That individual who has been charged with a crime
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