Study sets matching "government liberties civil rights"
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Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Liberties
Clear and Present Danger
Free Exercise Clause
Establishment Clause
Constitutional freedoms listed in 1st Amendment guaranteed to…
Speech that creates an immediate threat to others
1st amendment clause that says you can practice religion as lo…
Separates church and state
Civil Liberties
Constitutional freedoms listed in 1st Amendment guaranteed to…
Clear and Present Danger
Speech that creates an immediate threat to others
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
writ of habeas corpus
bills of attainder
Rights that belong to everyone; protections against government;
Positive acts of government designed to prevent discrimination…
You must be brought before the court and informed of charges a…
You cannot be punished without a trial.
Civil Liberties
Rights that belong to everyone; protections against government;
Civil Rights
Positive acts of government designed to prevent discrimination…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
- belong to all citizens... - limitations on the power of the gov…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
- belong to all citizens... - limitations on the power of the gov…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Civil Liberties
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
-A law making an action illegal retroactively... -Criminalizes ac…
-Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons…
Civil Liberties
-Rights belonging to all citizens... -Can also be defined as limi…
Writ of Habeas Corpus
-Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determi…
Affirmative action
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Civil rights
Equal protection of the laws
a policy designed to give special consideration to members of…
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
Rights of individuals to receive equal treatment (and to be fr…
the Fourteenth Amendment's mandate that all people be protecte…
Affirmative action
a policy designed to give special consideration to members of…
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
writ of habeas corpus
ex post facto laws
Rights that belong to everyone; protections against government;
Positive acts of government designed to prevent discrimination…
You must be brought before the court and informed of charges a…
Laws applied to acts committed before the laws' passage are un…
Civil Liberties
Rights that belong to everyone; protections against government;
Civil Rights
Positive acts of government designed to prevent discrimination…
Civil Rights
Civil Liberties
Bill of Rights
1st Amendment
Guarantees of equal rights and equal treatment under the law,…
Basic freedoms guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, such as…
Fist 10 Amendments; Limits the power and protects citizens of…
Freedom of,... Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition, and Religion.
Civil Rights
Guarantees of equal rights and equal treatment under the law,…
Civil Liberties
Basic freedoms guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, such as…
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
Bill of Rights
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requ…
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain…
Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury,…
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, containing…
4th Amendment
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requ…
5th Amendment
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain…
clear and present danger test
due process of law
equal protection of the law
establishment clause
Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the gove…
Constitutional requirement for fundamental fairness in our leg…
idea that all citizens should be treated equally under the law…
Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may not…
clear and present danger test
Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the gove…
due process of law
Constitutional requirement for fundamental fairness in our leg…
clear and present danger test
due process of law
equal protection of the law
establishment clause
Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the gove…
Constitutional requirement for fundamental fairness in our leg…
idea that all citizens should be treated equally under the law…
Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may not…
clear and present danger test
Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the gove…
due process of law
Constitutional requirement for fundamental fairness in our leg…
Dawes Act
California Proposition 209
Homophobia
3 Classifications of Discrimination
Indian reservations were divided to show Indians as individual…
To prohibit public institutions from discriminating based on r…
A range of negative feelings towards homosexuals and lesbians
Race/Ethnicity... Gender... Other
Dawes Act
Indian reservations were divided to show Indians as individual…
California Proposition 209
To prohibit public institutions from discriminating based on r…
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Selective Incorperation
Establishment Clause
Legal and constitutional rights that protect individuals from…
Policies to protect people against arbitrary acts of governmen…
Case-by-case process where Bill of Rights have been applied to…
Prohibits government from sponsoring religion.... (1st amendment…
Civil Liberties
Legal and constitutional rights that protect individuals from…
Civil Rights
Policies to protect people against arbitrary acts of governmen…
Affirmative action
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Civil rights
Equal protection of the laws
a policy designed to give special consideration to members of…
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
Rights of individuals to receive equal treatment (and to be fr…
the Fourteenth Amendment's mandate that all people be protecte…
Affirmative action
a policy designed to give special consideration to members of…
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
civil disobedience
civil rights
civil liberties
de facto segregation
A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.
All rights rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of e…
Those personal freedoms that are protected for all individuals…
Racial segregation that occurs because of past social and econ…
civil disobedience
A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.
civil rights
All rights rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of e…
Affirmative action
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Civil rights
Equal protection of the laws
a policy designed to give special consideration to members of…
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
Rights of individuals to receive equal treatment (and to be fr…
a clause in the Fourteenth Amendment's that mandates that the…
Affirmative action
a policy designed to give special consideration to members of…
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
strengthened protections of individuals with disabilities by r…
Civil Liberties
Clear and Present Danger
Hate Crimes Laws
Speech Codes
Constitutional freedoms listed in 1st Amendment vguaranteed to…
Speech that creates an immediate threat to others
Laws prescribing more stringent penalties for crimes motivated…
you can't have hate words on campus. hate speech violates civi…
Civil Liberties
Constitutional freedoms listed in 1st Amendment vguaranteed to…
Clear and Present Danger
Speech that creates an immediate threat to others
Fiscal Policy
Double Jeopardy
Indictment
Sedition
Taxing and spending policies
Being prosecuted twice for the same offense. Banned by the 5th…
Grand Jury order that suspect must stand trial for a criminal…
Advocacy of the overthrow of the government.
Fiscal Policy
Taxing and spending policies
Double Jeopardy
Being prosecuted twice for the same offense. Banned by the 5th…
Civil rights
Jim Crow Laws
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
The freedom to participate in the full life of the community.…
Segregation. Whites only. Colored people only.
Racial segregation of children in public schools. It violated…
"Seperate bu equal"
Civil rights
The freedom to participate in the full life of the community.…
Jim Crow Laws
Segregation. Whites only. Colored people only.
Fiscal Policy
Double Jeopardy
Indictment
Sedition
Taxing and spending policies
Being prosecuted twice for the same offense. Banned by the 5th…
Grand Jury order that suspect must stand trial for a criminal…
Advocacy of the overthrow of the government.
Fiscal Policy
Taxing and spending policies
Double Jeopardy
Being prosecuted twice for the same offense. Banned by the 5th…