Chp. 19 Vocab- Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments to the Constitution |
| civil liberties | the guarantees of the safety of persons, opinions,and property from the arbitrary acts of government, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion |
| civil rights | a term used for those positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people, e.g., prohibitions of discrimination |
| alien | a foreign-born resident, or noncitizen |
| Due Process Clause | a part of the 14th Amendment which guarantees that no state deny basic rights to its people |
| process of incorporation | the process of incorporating, or including, most of the guarantees in the Bill of Rights into the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| Establishment Clause | separates church and state |
| Free Exercise Clause | the second part of the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom, which guarantees to each person the right to believe whatever he or she chooses to believe in matters of religion |
| parochial | church-related, as in a parochial school |
| libel | false and malicious use of printed words |
| slander | false and malicious use of spoken words |
| sedition | the crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force, or to disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts |
| seditious speech | the advocating, or urging, of an attempt to overthrow the government by force, or to disrupt its lawful activities with violence |
| prior restraint | the government cannot curb ideas before they are expressed |
| injunction | a court order that forces or limits the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official |
| shield law | a law which gives reporters some protection against having to disclose their sources or reveal other confidential information in legal proceedings |
| symbolic speech | expression by conduct; communicating ideas through facial expressions, with body language, or by carrying a sign or wearing an armband |
| picketing | patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike |
| assemble | to gather with one another in order to express views on public matters |
| petition | a citizen's right to bring his or her view to the attention of public officials by such means as written petitions, letters, lobbying, and marches |
| civil disobedience | a form of protest in which people deliberately but non-violently violate the law, as a means of expressing their opposition to some particular law or public policy |
| content neutral | the government may not regulate assemblies on the basis on what might be said |
| right of association | the right to associate with others to promote political, economic, and other social clauses |
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