1st & 2nd Amendment
This 1st amendment clause prohibits the creation of a state church.
What is the Establishment clause?
This amendment prevents unreasonable search and seizure
What is the 4th Amendment?
This is known as the equal rights amendment.
What is the 14th amendment?
This court case used the constitutional principles found in the 14th amendment to desegregate public schools.
The level of government that the Bill of Rights originally only applied to.
What is the Federal Government?
Give 2 of 4 rights that are guaranteed to someone who has been arrested.
Remaining Silent
Right to Counsel
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Speedy and Public Trial
1st amendment clause that allows citizens to practice and express their religious beliefs
What is the Free Exercise clause?
This supreme court case incorporated the right to legal counsel for alleged criminals in state trials.
What is Gideon v Wainwright?
This outlawed Racial segregation in public and made for clearer enforcement of the 14th amendment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This Court case created the clear and present danger test.
What is Schenk vs United States?
This can be defined as provisions in the Bill of Rights that provide guarantees against arbitrary interference by government
What are Civil Liberties?
This is an untrue written statement which hurts a person's reputation
What is Libel?
This principle prevents imprisonment without a fair trial.
What is Due Process?
This policy ensures that disadvantaged people groups get equal access to things like educational opportunities.
What is Affirmative Action?
Established the idea of prior restraint which requires that a news story must put the country in imminent to be blocked from being published
What is New York times co vs United States?
The process by which the Supreme court has slowly made the Bill of Rights apply to State laws
What is Selective Incorporation?
This defined the conditions under which the government could limit free speech.
What is the Clear and Present danger test?
These are warnings given to criminal suspects which are meant to prevent unfair police investigation.
What are Miranda Rights? (Warnings)
This has generally been the most effective avenue for achieving equals rights.
What are the courts?
This supreme court case set a precedent that students can engage in symbolic speech as a way of protesting.
What is Tinker vs Des Moines Independent Community School District?
This is untrue spoken statement/expression which hurts a person's reputation.
What is slander?
This supreme court case incorporated the second amendment to apply to state laws after a major city banned owning handguns in 2010.
What is Mcdonald v Chicago?
This type of Due process looks at the methods of government action.
What is Procedural Due process?
This law prohibited literacy tests and other ways of getting around the 15th amendment. It also made federal officers go to discriminated areas to register minorities to vote.
This ruled that prayer led by public school teachers during class time violated the establishment clause.
What is Engel v Vitale?
This type of Due process deals with specific government policies.
What is Substantive Due Process?