| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Articles of Confederation | original governing document of the new nation |
| 1791 | Constitution amended to include liberty rights, known as Bill of Rights |
| federalism | dual system of government authority |
| federal government authorities | disputes between states; currency; international affairs; navigable waterways; interstate commerce; declare and wage war and raise a federal military force; intellectual property; bankruptcy law; enforce fundamental liberty rights granted by the constitution |
| Liberty Rights | No title of nobility; ex post facto law; bill of attainder; corruption of blood; impairment of the obligations of contracts; suspension of writ of habeas corpus; requirement to quarter soldiers in the home; slavery, badge of slavery or condition of servitude; taking of private property by the government without just compensation; unreasonable bail, fine, cruel or unusual punishment; unreasonable search and seizure; double jeopardy, establishment of a state religion |
| Liberty Rights | Right to bear arms; confront accuser; petition the government for redress of grievances; privacy; due process; trial by jury; speedy trial; public trial; compulsory process; legal counsel; vote; equal protection under the law; grand jury indictment in felony cases |
| Liberty Rights | Freedom self incrimination; association; press; assembly; presumed innocent with respect to criminal prosecution; religion; speech |
| BAIL | a pledge of money or property to ensure a criminal defendants' appearance at trial |
| BILL OF ATTAINDER | legislative declaration that a person is a criminal |
| COMPULSORY PROCESS | right of a criminal defendant to subpoena witnesses in his defense |
| CORRUPTION OF THE BLOOD | punishment or sanction by the government of a person for the crime of a relative |
| DUE PROCESS | a liberty right granted by the Constitution that holds that the government may not deprive a person of life, liberty or property without notice of the charge or complaint against the person and the opportunity to be heard |
| EMINENT DOMAIN | refers of the right of the government to take private land for public use |
| EX POST FACTO LAW | a law that is enforced retroactively |
| JUST COMPENSATION | the right of a person whose land has been taken by the government under the power of eminent domain to receive reasonable compensation for the land taken |
| MARBURY V. MADISON | an early case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was the final authority on the meaning of the Constitution |
| SUPREMACY CLAUSE | Article VI of the Constitution that declares the Constitution to be the supreme law of the land |
| WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS | a court order compelling the government to produce someone held in custody and show cause why the person is being held |
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