Amendments
This amendment prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel or unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
This landmark case ended racial segregation in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
These are restrictions that the government can put on assemblies/protests
Time, Place & Manner
This piece of legislation banned literacy tests and poll taxes
Voting Rights Act of 1965
this establishes the principle that evidence obtained illegally cannot be used against you in court
Exclusionary Rule
This 14th Amendment clause requires states to treat people equally under the law.
Equal Protection Clause
This case guaranteed the right to an attorney for criminal defendants.
Gideon v. Wainwright
This establishes that someone must be read their due process rights prior to interrogation
Miranda Rule
This law banned gender discrimination in schools
Title IX
This means that the government has a reason to initiate due process procedures
substantive due process
This First Amendment clause prohibits the government from setting up a religion.
Establishment Clause
This case incorporated the Second Amendment right to bear arms to the states
McDonald v. Chicago
Speech that is done through actions instead of words is known as___
Symbolic Speech
The Supreme Court upheld these laws in Plessy v Ferguson
Jim Crow Laws
This document advocates for non-violent protests and civil disobedience
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
This amendment protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and guarantees due process
5th
Students wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War were protected in this case.
Tinker v. Des Moines
Clear and Present Danger
These Amendments were added to protect the rights of African Americans during reconstruction
13th, 14th, 15th
This process applies Bill of Rights protections to the states via the 14th Amendment.
Selective Incorporation
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial, an impartial jury, and legal counsel.
6th
This case ruled that school-sponsored prayer violates the Establishment Clause.
Engel v. Vitale
Programs designed to offer more opportunities to previously disenfranchised groups of people
Affirmative Action Programs
Legislation that prohibited discrimination in public places
Libel/Slander