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16 Cards in this Set
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due process of law |
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 |
a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the government |
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selective incorporation |
court cases that apply Bill of Rights to states |
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freedom of expression |
right of people to speak, publish, and assemble |
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freedom of religion |
people shall be free to exercise their religion, and government may not establish a religion |
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prior restraint |
censorship of a publication |
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clear-and-present-danger test |
law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions. |
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libel |
writing that falsely injures another person |
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symbolic speech |
an act that conveys a political message |
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free-excercise clause |
first amendment requirement that law cannot prevent free excercise of religion |
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establishment clause |
first amendment ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion" |
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wall of separation |
court ruling that government cannot be involved with religion |
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exclusionary rule |
improperly gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial |
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search warrant |
a judge's order authorizing a search |
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probable cause |
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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