Bill o' Rights
This part of the First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing an official religion or favoring one religion over another
What is the Establishment Clause?
This Supreme Court case held that most of the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights are applicable to the States
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
This case held that compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
Slander is to verbal speech as Libel is to...
What is print/press?
You have the right to remain silent (doesn't mean shut up)
What is the 5th?
The Supreme Court case which ruled that mandatory, school-sponsored prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This involves policies to address workplace and educational disparities related to race, gender, and other characteristics
What is Affirmative action?
Speech can be limited if it creates a “clear and present danger.”
What is Schenck v. United States?
The South really liked this one. Muh states rights! (or something)
What is the 10th amendment?
Court decisions defining cruel and unusual punishment involve interpretation of this Amendment
What is 8th?
Over time, the Supreme Court has recognized constitutionally protected rights not explicitly listed in the Bill of Rights using this framework.
What is Substantive Due Process?
The Supreme Court established a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” involving national security in this case.
What is New York Times Co. v. United States?
Recent executive orders have *sparked* new debates about the legality of this controversial practice.
Stop and frisk? Pat-down? TSA?
What is the 4th amendment?
The amendment emphasizes the need for a citizen militia for the common defense.
What is the 2nd?
The doctrine of selective incorporation has imposed limitations on state regulation of civil liberties by extending select protections through this clause.
(Name the clause and the amendment)
What is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
In which the Court ruled that public school students could wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District?
The landmark case Engel v. Vitale is the case many point to that removed this.
What is prayer in school?
This part of the U.S. Bill of Rights that prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes.
What is the 3rd?
Yoder is a prime example of the application of this test that requires the government to justify infringing on religious liberty.
What is the Compelling-interest test?
This requires that government officials use methods that are not arbitrary when making decisions affecting constitutionally protected rights
What is procedural due process?
The decision in this case aimed to protect the Fifth Amendment's privilege against Self-incrimination.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This is something that can get you in trouble (don't do it)
What is incitement?
Imagine having to apply for a permit to have a protest, and then you needed to pass a background check (to make sure you're not crazy) and then wait 10 days (to cool off, weirdo), and THEN the protest had to be conducted only in your home or out in the middle of nowhere away from everyone else. Shall not be infringed? Hmmmmmm.....
What is the 2nd?