| A | B |
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| Patriot Act | Passed after 9/11 to give the federal government more power to do searches and wiretaps to stop terrorism |
| Self-incrimination | When one testifies against oneself |
| 4th amendment | Outlawas illegal searches and seizures |
| Weeks Doctrine | Created the exclusionary rule |
| habeas corpus | Guarantees citizens the right to know the charges, have a speedy trial, and to have bail |
| Mapp v. Ohio | ruled that search warrants apply to state and local police as well as federal police |
| Furman v. Georgia | suspended the death penalty in all states in the 1970s until it could be applied more fairly |
| capital punishment | the death penalty |
| 8th amendment | says there can be no cruel and unusual punishment nor excessive fines or bail |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | ruled that the court must appoint a lawyer if a person cannot afford one |
| probable cause | police must have this to make an arrest or to get a search warrant |
| Miranda v. Arizona | ruled that the police must read suspects their rights upon their arrest |
| Escobedo v. Illinois | Said that an accused person has a right to have their lawyer present when being questioned |
| Exclusionary rule | Says that police cannot use evidence taken in an illegal search |
| Korematsu v. the U.S. | challenged the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII on the basis of the 14th amendment |
| arraignment | when a suspect is brought before a judge and told the charges against them and bail is set |
| Equal protection under the law | Something guaranteed by the 14th amendment |
| Rosenbergs | Husband and wife accused of selling atomic secrets to the USSR |
| substantive due process | involves protecting a person's basic civil liberties such as free speech or freedom of religion |
| Scottsboro Case | involved some black men falsely accused of rape |
| Milligan Case | involved a Copperhead accused of trying to seize arms for the Confederacy and tried in a military court |
| Border Search | An example of a warrantless search |
| 6th amendment | says all citizens have the right to counsel |
| Plain View doctrine | says that police don't need a warrant if they see something illegal just sitting on a seat in a car |
| judge | only this person can issue a warrant |
| 5th amendment | This prohibits double jeopardy |
