A | B |
Bill of Rights | The first ten ammendments |
Civil Liberties | Protections against government |
Civil Rights | Sometimes reserved for those positive acts of government seek to make constitutional guarantees |
Aliens | People who are not citizens of the country that they live in |
Due Process Clause | No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law |
Process of Incorporation | Incorporation of most of the gaurantees of the Bill of Rights into the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause |
Establishment Clause | Separates church and state |
Parochial | Church-related |
Free Exercise Clause | Gaurantees the person the right to believe in whatever he or she chooses to believe in matters of religion |
Libel | The false and malicious use printed words |
Slander | False and malicious use of spoken words |
Seditious Speech | The advocating, or urging to overthrow government in form of speech |
Sedition | The crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force or to disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts |
Prior Restraint | Government cannot curb ideas before they are expressed |
Shield Laws | These laws give reporters some protection against having to disclose their cources or reveal other confidential information in legal proceedings in those States |
Symbolic Speech | Communication of ideas through conduct |
Picketing | Involves patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike |
Assemble | To gather with one another |
Content Neutral | Government cannot regulate assemblies on the basis of might be said there |
Right of Association | Those gaurantees include the right to associate with others to promote political, economic, and other social issues |