Landmark Supreme Court Cases in First Amendment Law, Quizzes of Local Government Studies

Download Landmark Supreme Court Cases in First Amendment Law and more Quizzes Local Government Studies in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Barron v Baltimore DEFINITION 1 Bill of Rights applied only to USA, not the States. TERM 2 Chaplinsky v NH DEFINITION 2 ".. Very utterance cause of injury or immediate breach of peace." TERM 3 Boy Scouts v Dale DEFINITION 3 Has the right to choose who they want to assemble with. TERM 4 NY Times v Sullivan DEFINITION 4 Actual Malice "Knowledge is true" TERM 5 Roth v US DEFINITION 5 Protected speech, court did not rule obscenity. TERM 6 Engel v Vitale DEFINITION 6 City Of NY, This case started when prayer was taken out of public school. Language was deemed to be a violation. TERM 7 Miller v California DEFINITION 7 Court lists requirements material must meet to be considered obscene. TERM 8 Cox v NH DEFINITION 8 Assemble, our right to hold a protest. TERM 9 Reynolds v US DEFINITION 9 He was a polygamist. got taken to court because of this. TERM 10 Lawrence v TX DEFINITION 10 Lawrence and the same sex partner are in a room in their private home. Neighbor calls police and said they heard a gun shot and police come into house with guns pointed and arrest the men. Government cant rule what people do in their own homes. TERM 21 Clear and present Danger DEFINITION 21 Yelling fire in a movie theater TERM 22 Bad Tendency Rule DEFINITION 22 Encourage or promote an action that is illegal TERM 23 Incitement Test DEFINITION 23 You cannot fire up a class room until the students commit something unlawful. TERM 24 Fighting Words DEFINITION 24 Chaplinsky V NH. ..."Breach of the peace.." TERM 25 Hecklers Veto DEFINITION 25 Right to hold a Rally TERM 26 Hate Speech DEFINITION 26 Proteccted by the 1st amendment. Have the right to exercise your own right. TERM 27 Symbolic Speech DEFINITION 27 Expression made through articles of clothing, gestures, movements, & other forms of nonverbal conduct.-Tinker v Des Moines TERM 28 Criminal Court DEFINITION 28 -Defendant-Plaintiff (Person bringing action against defendant)-Victim TERM 29 Civil Court DEFINITION 29 -Plaintiff=Suffered Damage-Defendant=Caused Damage TERM 30 Jurisdiction DEFINITION 30 -Authority to hear a case TERM 31 Appellate Jurisdiction DEFINITION 31 Cases on Appeals-panel of judges-considers questions of law- exception--- Error correction is MS...considers disputed factsEnsures that defendant is given due process, makes sure no mistakes are made. TERM 32 Original Courts DEFINITION 32 Trial courts-Judge or Jury-Consider Facts-Render verdit based on facts TERM 33 How are MS judges selected DEFINITION 33 Judges are voted on.Municipal is appointed TERM 34 Write of Certiorari DEFINITION 34 If court decided to grant a petition for review, the write orders a lower court to send the Supreme court a record of the case for review. TERM 35 Levels of state & federal courts DEFINITION 35 -US District Courts (Lowest Level) every state has at least two in MS-MS circuit court of appeals (Divided into 10, MS in the 5th district)-US Supreme Court TERM 46 Writ of Habeas Corpus DEFINITION 46 Right to know why you are being held against your will.AKA The great Writ TERM 47 Miranda Warnings DEFINITION 47 A right to remain silent, and a right to be represents by counsel TERM 48 Strict Constructionist DEFINITION 48 Judicial system that is strict. Reads constitution word for word. Makes decisions exactly as whats on a constitution. TERM 49 Broad Constructionist DEFINITION 49 Very liberal Supreme court Justice. Have leeway. TERM 50 Judicial Activism DEFINITION 50 court that wants to change society. TERM 51 Judicial Restraint DEFINITION 51 Declares unconstitutional. TERM 52 Do police have to have a search warrant to have evidence? DEFINITION 52 No TERM 53 What has the most protection? DEFINITION 53 1. You; your body2. Your house3. Your Things-Do not let cops do anything to you unless they have a warrant. TERM 54 What case started a corporation? DEFINITION 54 Gitlow TERM 55 John Roberts DEFINITION 55 Chief justice of Supreme Court TERM 56 Clarence Thomas DEFINITION 56 African American on the Supreme Court TERM 57 How many women are on the Supreme court? DEFINITION 57 Three