| A | B |
|---|
| The government suppression of American leftists after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia | Red Scare |
| A Federalist bill of 1789 criminalizing criticism of government | Sedition Act |
| A 1940 Act criminalizing the advocacy of violent revolution | Smith Act |
| A 1950 ACt requiring the registration of all communists | Internal Security Act |
| A 1954 act denying legal rights to the Communist Party | Communist Control Act |
| A Supreme Court formula to legitimate the abridgement of the right of free speech | "clear and present danger" test |
| Harming another by publishing defamatory statements | libel |
| A government action to prevent rather than punish certain expressions | prior restraint |
| The supposed superiority of rights of expression over other constitutional rights | preferred position |
| The use of only minimal measures to restrict potentially dangerous expression | least means |
| The First Amendment clause guaranteeing religious freedom | free exercise clause |
| The First Amendment clause prohibiting an official religion | establishment clause |
| A teaching on the origin of the world found to be religiously inspired | creationism |
| A period during the public school day when students get religious instruction | released time |
| The prohibition against the use of illegally obtained written evidence in court | exclusionary rule |
| A written authorization to police officers to conduct a search | search warrant |
| The legal basis for the issuance of a police warrant | probable cause |
| A Supreme Court case that led to rules that police officers must follow in warning arrested persons of their rights | Miranda |
| One who refuses military service on religious or ethical grounds | conscientious objector |
| Protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty, or property as guaranteed in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments | due process clause |
| Part of the First Amendment protecting freedom of speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government | freedom of expression |
| Part of the First Amendment protecting the free exercise of religion and prohibiting an establishment of religion | freedom of religion |
| Admission of illegally obtained evidence if illegality results from a technical or minor error | good-faith exception |
| Originated during communist witch-hunt in the 1950s, unfair accusations that tarnish a person's reputation | McCarthyism |
| An act that conveys a political message, such as burning a draft card to protest the draft | symbolic speech |
| An interpretation of part of the First Amendment that prevents government involvement with religion | wall-of-separation principle |
