The Bill of Rights can be seen as a series of protections against the actions that were taken by this group against the 13 original colonies
What is the British Government?
100
The rights to religion appear in this amendment
What is the first?
100
Speech is generally protected in public places but is not protected here
What is OTHER PEOPLES private property?
100
Name any one amendment that covers defendants rights
What is 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8?
100
This is kind of off-topic, but if someone is a citizen and they like want to talk bad about like a politician could they?
What is the first amendment?
200
The legal, constitutional protections against the government are known as this
What is Civil Liberties?
200
This clause of the constitution guaranteed that congress shall make no law respecting the creation of a national religion
What is the Establishment clause?
200
Schenck vs US allowed speech to be limited if it does this
What is presents a "clear and present danger"?
200
a deal struck between the prosecution and a defendant is called this
What is a Plea Bargaining?
200
Ok, so what if you were like part of a religion where you needed to like do drugs at work. What supreme court case would say you couldn't do that?
What is Employment Division v. Smith?
300
This amendment has never been enforced
What is the Third Amendment?
300
Lemon vs Kurtzman established a three tier system for judging violations to the constitution's religion clauses. It included 1) a secular legislative purpose, 2) No excessive "Entanglement" and THIS
What is "neither advance nor inhibit religion"?
300
Justice Potter Stewart said he would know this when he saw it
What is obscenity?
300
This amendment protects you against self-incrimination
What is the Fifth amendment?
300
So Mister, what if I wanted to join a club that talked about how we wanted to overthrow the government in vague terms. Would that club have to give up our names?
What is "NAACP vs Alabama"?
400
The idea that the united states government must apply the protections of the bill of rights to all states was called this
What is Incorporation?
400
This clause of the constitution protects a persons right to express their religious beliefs
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
400
This kind of speech is the most highly regulated
What is Commercial Speech?
400
Gregg v. Georgia said the government can apply this, as it is "suitable to the most extreme crimes"
What is the death penalty?
400
Ok Mr. Hedge, what if New York like banned all guns and my uncle like has a gun from being a cop in Connecticut. Would they like uh... arrest him and stuff?
What is "District of Columbia vs Heller"?
500
This supreme court case from 1833 (later overturned) allowed the states to violate the bill of rights due to the presence of the word "Congress" at the front of the first amendment
What is "Barron v. Baltimore"?
500
This 1993 law, later struck down as unconstitutional, attempted to protect people from government prevention of religious expressions in the workplace
What is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
500
Private individuals have lower standards to meet than ones in the public eye when they bring lawsuits accusing newspapers of this
What is Libel?
500
The right to privacy is first established by this court case
What is "Griswold v Connecticut"?
500
Ok Mr, here's a rough one. You know how we've got like the smart boards and stuff? Why isn't that Excessive Entanglement like in Lemon Vs. Kurtzman? Huh? Huh?