Safeguards and Limits

appellate process

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appellate process

the process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly

ex post facto law

a law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed

individual rights

rights guaranteed or belonging to a person

the principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail

independent judiciary

the principle that decisions from the courts are fair and impartial and are not influenced by the other branches of government

a court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

civil disobedience

A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.

economic freedom

The freedom to own property, to make a profit, and to make choices about what to produce, buy, and sell