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24 Cards in this Set
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Affirmative action |
Government policies or programs that seek to address pass and Justice is against specific groups for making special efforts to provide members of these groups with access to education and environment opportunities |
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Bill of attainder |
A law that declares a person guilty of a crime without trial |
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Brown versus Board of Education |
The 1954 Supreme Court decision that struck down the separate but equal Doctrine as fundamentally unequal this case eliminated state power to use race as Criterion for discrimination in-law and provided the national government with the power to intervene my exercising strict regular policies against discriminatory actions |
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Civil liberties |
Areas of personal freedom constitutionally protected from government interference |
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Civil rights |
Obligation imposed on government to take positive action to protect citizens from any illegal action government agencies and other private citizens |
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Clear and present danger test |
Test to determine whether speech is protected or unprotected based on its capacity present a clear and present danger to society |
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Double jeopardy |
The Fifth Amendment right providing that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime |
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Due process of law |
The right of every citizen against arbitrary action by national or state government |
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Eminent domain |
The right of the government to make private property for public use |
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Equal protection clause |
Provision of the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteeing citizens the equal protection of laws this Clause has served as the basis for the civil rights of African-Americans women and other groups |
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Establishment Clause |
The First Amendment Clause that says that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion this law means that all wall separation exists between church and State |
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Exclusionary rule |
The ability of Courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment |
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Ex post facto law |
Malls that declare an action to be illegal after it has been committed |
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Fighting words |
Speech that directly insights damage |
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Free exercise clause |
The First Amendment Clause that protects a citizen's right to believe and practice whatever religion he or she chooses |
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Grand jury |
Jerry that determines whether sufficient evidence is available to justify a trial grand juries do not rule on accused guilty or innocence |
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Habeas corpus |
A court order demanding that an individual in custody be brought into court and show them the cause of detention |
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Libel |
A written statement made in Reckless disregard of truth that is considered damaging to a victim because it is delicious scandalous and defamatory |
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Miranda rule |
The requirement articulated by Supreme Court and Miranda versus Arizona that person under arrest must be informed prior to police interrogation of their rights to remain silent and have the benefit of legal counsel |
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Prior restraint |
An effort by governmental agency to block publication of material it being liable Alice and harmful in some way, censorship, in the United States the courts for bed prior restraint except under the most extraordinary circumstances |
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Selective incorporation |
The process by which different Protections in the Bill of Rights were Incorporated in the 14th Amendment, does guaranteeing citizens protection from State as well as National governments |
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Separate but equal |
Doctrine that public accommodations could be segregated by race but still be considered equal |
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Slander |
An oral statement made in Reckless disregard of truth that is considered damaging to the victim because it is malicious scandalous and defamatory |
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Strict scrutiny |
A test used by the Supreme Court in racial discrimination causes other cases involving civil liberties and civil rights that places the burden of proof on the government rather than orange calendars to show that the law in question is constitutional |
