The due process clause is in the
14 amendment
The first guarantee in the Bill of Rights is
freedom from an establishment of religion.
What was the main reason the Supreme Court gave for their 2005 decision to uphold the Ten Commandments display in a Texas park while striking down the display in Kentucky?
the kentucky display was historical
During the Nixon administration, when two newspapers began to publish a classified governmental document about the Vietnam War.
the Supreme Court upheld the right of the newspapers to print the document.
Speech or writing that advocates or incites discontent or rebellion against the government defines
sedition
The controversial free-speech issue of whether the First Amendment protects the right to burn or deface an American flag is concerned with
symbolic speech
Reguarding capital punishment, the Supreme Court has ruled in recent years that
the sentencing court must be able to consider both mitigating and aggravating factors.
The term used to refer to defamation by written work is
libel
In the famous case of The New York Times Co. vs Sullivan (1964) the Supreme Court rules that for a statement about a public official to be considered libelous, the plaintiff must prove that the
statement was made with actual malice
Salander refers to
spoken words
The courts may prohibit the press from publishing information reguarding a criminal trial.
a gag order.
The Supreme Court has upheld the right of individuals to join together in a nonviolent economic boycott of business that practice racial discrimination. This illustrates
the right of association
What would be an attorney's motivation for using a "peremptory challenge" during the voir dire?
the juror will decide unfavorably for her client.
A bill of attainder is
legislative act that inflicts punishment on a specified person or group without judicial trial.
The constitutional provision that provides protection against unreasonable searches and seizure is the
4th Amendment
The intent of the exclusionary rule of evidence is to
deter illegal searches and seizures by the police.
A requirement that any evidence in a criminal case obtained illegally by police cannot be used as evidence in a trial is called the
exclusionary rule
When a defendant in a murder trail chooses not to take the stand in his own defense, the jury must by warned by the judge not to interpret his silence as evidence of guilt. This protection against self- incrimination is found in the
5th Amendment
A jury that decided whether there is enough evidence to indict and bring to trial a person accused of a criminal act is a
grand jury
A true bill is also known as
indictment
What is double jepoardy?
once a person has been tried for a particular crime and the trial has ended in a verdict of not guilty, that person cannot be tried again for the same crime
The right to counsel is provided for in the
6th Amendment
A bill of information is similar to an
indictment
The warnings a police officer reads an arrested person to inform him or her of their right to an attorney are called
miranda warning
Which amendment prohibits the use of cruel and unusual punishment
8th Amendment
The term civil rights was coined to
encompassed equality for women, disabled individuals, and ethnic and racial minorities.
The missouri compromise established that
slavery would be permitted in new states south of Missouri only.
Frederick Douglas was
an abolitionist movement leader
The Dred Scott decision is famous because it
ruled that slaves were not citizens
What amendment permanently outlawed slavery
13th Amendment
What did the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 do?
it freed slaves
The "seperate but equal" doctrine, holding segregation constitutional, was established by the Supreme court in which court case?
plessy v. ferguson
What were Jim Crow laws?
laws protecting segregation in public facilities
The impact of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka was
the desegregation of public schools
Class action suits are
legal actions brought by one or more individuals as rep. of a group of similary situated people.
The 1964 civil rights act required schools to provide equal opportunities for all students. This is also known as
title IX
Defacto segregation has resulted largely from
housing patterns
Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights law forbade discrimination in public facilities. The court upheld this law ruling that racial discrimination in a public facility places the burden on interstate commerce in the landmark case
Heart of Atlanta Motel. vs. United States
An employee sues a company on behalf of other workers who have allegedly also been victims of racially discriminatory promotion polices by their employers. This is an example of a
class action suit
Poll Taxes were abolished with the ratification of what amendment
24 Amendment
Discuss the difference between civil rights and civil liberties.
Civil rights are rights on individual has to not be discriminated against becasue of their race, sex or nationality. Civil liberties are rights an individual has that are guaranteed by the consitution. Civil liberties are rights listed in the Bill of Righ
In What ways is the freedom of speech not absolute in the united states?
The governmet has the right to restrict freedom of speech. There are things an individual cannot say, even though they have the right to freedom of speech. Some examples of this are saying "bomb" on an airplane or "fire" in a movie theatre when there real