| Term | Definition |
|---|
| limited government | Civil rights are personal freedoms guaranteed in the Constituion that support the personal freedoms illustrated which support the principle of ? |
| Bill of Rights | collective name to the first 10 amendments in the U.S. Constituion |
| cannot interfere with the rights of others | How are your rights limited |
| aliens | foreign born residents, non citrizens that can be restricted to certain areas of the country |
| Free Exercise Clause | government cannot interfere with personal religious choices |
| Establishment Clause | government cannot endorse (support or recommend) a certain religion |
| Federalism | Some rights are guaranteed only against the national government and some are only at state government, and some both which reflects which principle in the Constitution. |
| Due Process Clause | Clause in the Constitution which protects a person from being put in prison unless found guilty in a court of law. |
| 14th Amendment | Due Process Clause |
| 9th amendment | all rights not declared in the Constituion are reserved to the people |
| Speech Press Assembly Religion Petition | 5 freedoms in the First Amendment |
| Everson V Board of Education | Supreme Court stated that public busing of students who attend parochial schools should continue. |
| done individually and silently on own time, not set time designated to pray, no readin of bible as a school unless for historic or literary reasons, no prayer at graduation | legal ways to pray at school |
| Equal Access Law | All public high schools must allow student religious groups to meet in the school like other student groups (example Evergreen FCA) |
| nonreligious objects | If these are included, a Nativity scene may be displayed on a coonty courthouse during Christmas time. If not included courthouse may not have a Nativity Scene. |
| creationism | cannot be taught in schools today because it violates the Establishment Clause |
| lemon test used by Supreme Court to determine if aid to parochial schools is lega | aid must be secular (non-religious); must not advance religion; must avoid excessive entanglement |
| limits placed on freedom of religion | cannot break the law, offend public morals, threaten health or safety, no polygamy, can be drafted |
| libel | false and malicious use of printed words |
| slander | false and malicious use of spoken words |
| unpopular views | The guarantees of free speech and press are intended, most of all, to protect the expression of |
| shield laws | laws that give reporters some degree of protection from having to reveal their sources |
| charged with contempt and held in prison | this can happen to reporters if they don't reveal their sources |
| FCC | decides renewal of licenses to air and prohibits the use of indecent language |
| symbolic speech | burning the U.S. flag, picketing, and wearing non-offensive clothing are legal examples of this form of expression. |
| Congress restrictions on advertising | no advertising of cigarettes/tobacco on radio/tv, prohibits tals advertising, prohibits misleading adds |
| espionage | spying for a foreign power |
| sabotage | act of destruction to hurt a nation's war effort |
| treason | only crime specifically mentioned in the Constituion which is declaring war against one's own nation |
| Clear and present danger | situation when the Supreme Court says freedom of sppech can be limited if they create a situation in which criminal acts may follow |
| assembly | freedom to gather with others to express views on public matters |
| petition | right to lobby, create ad, march demonstrate |
| restrictions on freedom of assembly, petition | can regulate time and place, can't disrupt school activities, parades can't be too close to courhouse |
| Public Land | Where most demonstrations involving freedom of assemb ly are done because that is who they want to reach. |
| illegal | Even though obscene materials are kept in the privacy of one's own home child pornography of any kind in the home is |
| has limits | Even though everyone has five freedoms according to the first amendment each one has ____________. |
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