Government Terms - Chapter 4

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Terms for Chapter 4

Created Sep 26, 2009
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1	Individual rights protected by the Constitution against the powers of the government.	Civil Liberties
2	An order that requires an official to bring a specified prisoner into court and explain to...	Writ of Habeas Corpus
3	A legislative act that inflicts punishment on particular persons or groups without granting...	Bill of Attainder
4	A criminal law that punishes individuals for committing an act that was legal when the act...	Ex Post Facto Law
5	The constitutional guarantee, set out in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, that the government...	Due Process Clause
6	The requirement that the government use fair, reasonable, and standard procedures whenever...	Due Process of Law
7	The section of the First Amendment that prohibits Congress from passing laws “respecting...	Establishment Clause
8	The provision of the First Amendment stating that the government cannot pass laws “prohibiting...	Free Exercise Clause
9	A three-part test enunciated by the Supreme Court in the 1971 case of Lemon v. Kurtzman to...	Lemon Test
10	An educational certificate, provided by the government, that allows a student to use public...	School Voucher
11	The expression of beliefs, opinions, or ideas through forms other than speech or print; speech...	Symbolic Speech
12	The practice of spying on behalf of a foreign power to obtain information about government...	Espionage
13	A destructive act intended to hinder a nation’s defense efforts.	Sabotage
14	As enunciated in Article III, Section 3, of the Constitution, the act of levying war against...	Treason
15	Speech that urges resistance to lawful authority or that advocates the overthrowing of a government.	Seditious Speech
16	Advertising statements that describe products. Commercial speech receives less protection...	Commercial Speech
17	A published report of a falsehood that tends to injure a person’s reputation or character.	Libel
18	The public utterance (speaking) of a statement that holds a person up for contempt, ridicule,...	Slander
19	Words that, when uttered by a public speaker, are so inflammatory that they could provoke...	"Fighting Words"
20	Indecency or offensiveness in speech, expression, behavior, or appearance. Whether specific expressions...	Obscenity
21	Cause for believing that there is a substantial likelihood that a person has committed or...	Probable Cause
22	The prosecution of a person twice for the same criminal offense; prohibited by the Fifth Amendment...	Double Jeopardy
23	Providing damaging information or testimony against oneself in court.	Self-Incrimination
24	A criminal procedural rule requiring that any illegally obtained evidence not be admissible...	Exclusionary Rule
25	A series of statements informing criminal suspects, on their arrest, of their constitutional...	Miranda Warnings