Download Understanding Civil Liberties: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bill of Rights and Amendments and more Quizzes Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Civil Liberties DEFINITION 1 The legal consititutional protections against government. TERM 2 Bill of Rights DEFINITION 2 The first 10 amendments of the Constitution, that define basic liberties and rights of the people. TERM 3 Amendment 1 DEFINITION 3 The freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition. TERM 4 Amendment 2 DEFINITION 4 The right to bear arms. TERM 5 Amendment 3 DEFINITION 5 The right of consent to quarter troops, specifically the right for citizens to give consent to quarter troops in their home/s during peacetime. TERM 6 Amendment 4 DEFINITION 6 The right to unreasonable search and seizure. TERM 7 Amendment 5 DEFINITION 7 The right to a grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process, and eminent domain (no private property will be taken away for public use without just compensation). TERM 8 Amendment 6 DEFINITION 8 The right to a speedy and fair trial. TERM 9 Amendment 7 DEFINITION 9 Right to a trial by jury in common-law cases. TERM 10 Amendment 8 DEFINITION 10 The right against excessive fines, bail, and any cruel and unusual punishment. TERM 21 Zelman v. Simmons-Harris DEFINITION 21 The case that accepted a state providing families with vouchers that could be used to pay for tuition at religious schools. TERM 22 Engel v. Vitale DEFINITION 22 The case that state officials violated the 1st amendment when they wrote a prayer for NY school children to recite. TERM 23 School District of Abington Township Penn. v. Schempp DEFINITION 23 A case that rejected the school district requiring bible readings in the schools because it violated the est. clause of the 1st amendment. TERM 24 Prior Restraint DEFINITION 24 In the U.S a unconstitutional process in which gov. prevents material from being published, unless in times of war. TERM 25 Schenck v. U.S. DEFINITION 25 The case that declared government can limit speech if the speech provokes a clear and present danger of evils. TERM 26 Miller v. California DEFINITION 26 The case that est. obscenity requirements:-the work totally showed a prurient interest in sex-the work showed offensive sexual conduct-the work lacked serious literary, artistic, politically or scientific value TERM 27 Libel DEFINITION 27 The publication of false or malicious statements that damage someone reputation. TERM 28 NY Times v. Sullivan DEFINITION 28 The case that determined that suits against libel must be proven that defamatory statements were made with actual meanness and reckless carelessness for the truth. TERM 29 Symbolic Speech DEFINITION 29 Non-verbal communication, rather actions that do not consist of speaking or writing but express an opinion, such has burning a flag. TERM 30 Commercial Speech DEFINITION 30 Communication in the form of advertising, it has more restrictions than other types of speech. TERM 31 NAACP v. Alabama DEFINITION 31 The case stating the right to assemble peaceably. TERM 32 Probable Cause DEFINITION 32 Reasonable grounds to believe that someone is guilty of a crime. TERM 33 Unreasonable Searches and Seizures DEFINITION 33 Obtaining evidence in a random manner are illegal and rather require a warrant or probable cause for search. TERM 34 Search Warrant DEFINITION 34 The written authorization from a court specifying an area that is allowed to be searched and states what the police are searching for. TERM 35 Exclusionary Rule DEFINITION 35 The rule that prevents prosecutors form introducing illegally seized evidence in court.
