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12 Cards in this Set
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Free Exercise Clause
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Claus in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution that prohibits government from restricting religious beliefs and practices that do not harm society.
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Establishment Clause
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Clause in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution that is interpreted to require the separation from Church and state.
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The Wall-of Separation Doctrine
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The Supreme Courts interpretation of the No Establishment Clause that laws may not have their purpose aid to one religion of aid to all religions
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Clear and Present Danger Doctrine
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Standard used by the courts to determine whether speech may be restricted; only speech that creates a serious and immediate danger to society may be restricted
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Freedom of Expression
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Collectively, the 1st Amendment rights free speech, press, and assembly
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Symbolic Speech
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Actions other than speech itself but protected by the 1st Amendment because they constitute political expression
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Commercial Speech
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Advertising communications given only partial protection under the 1st Amendment to the Constitution
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Habeas Corpus
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Court order directing public officials who are holding a person in custody to bring the prisoner into court and explain the reasons for confinement; the right to habeas corpus is protected by Article I of the Constitution
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Search Warrant
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Court order permitting law-enforcement officials to search a location in order to seize evidence of a crime; issued only for a specified location, in connection with a specific investigation, and on submission of proof that "probable cause" exists to warrant such a search
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Indictment
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Determination by a grand jury that sufficient evidence exists to warrant trial of an individual on a felony charge; necessary before an individual can be brought to trial.
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Grand Jury
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Jury charged with determining whether sufficient evidence exists to support indictment of an individual on a felony charge; the grand jury's decision to indict does not represent a conviction
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Prior Restraint
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Government actions to restrict publication of a magazine, newspaper, or books on grounds of libel, obscenity, or other legal violations prior to actual publication of the work.
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