Civil Liberties
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Civil Liberties | protections against gov't |
| Individual Rights | the rights each person enjoys as long as they do not inhibit anothers' |
| Due Process | no state can deny a person a basic right essential to concept of liberty |
| Establishment Clause | gov't can not create a national religion |
| Separation of Church and State | state should not interfere or influence religion and vice versa |
| School Prayer | School mandated or led prayer infringes on freedom of relgion |
| Free Exercise Clause | people have the right to believe and practice their own religion |
| Free Speech | all people are able to create ideas verbally or written until it imposes on the rights of others |
| Freedom of Expression | even unpopular ideas may be discussed and spread |
| Obscenity | the average person finds it offensive, provocotive, or serious lack of value |
| Symbolic Speech | action or conduct that conveys a message |
| Free Press | media may deliver news unless considered libelous or slanderous |
| Right to Privacy | limited right to be free from government intrusion |
| Search and Seizure | gov't officials looking through private property to find something to bring a charge against you |
| Warrant | court order |
| Probable Cause | reasonable suspicion |
| Exclusionary Rule | not allowing evidence found illegally |
| Automobile Exception | warrants not needed when probable cause of illegal or suspicious activity exists to search the vehicle |
| Good Faith Exception | when an officer has full reason to believe they are acting on a valid, legitimate warrant |
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