This clause says that the United States government shall make no national religion "separation of church and state"
What is the establishment clause
100
The police need these two things in order to search your home
What is Probable cause and a search warrant that is given to him by a judge
100
This protects defendants, and states that they are not obligated to help the government prove they committed a crime or to testify at their own trial.
What is protection against self-incrimination
100
These are the three ways to become a US citizen
What is being born in the US, Birth from American parents, and going through naturalization.
100
This is the amendment that is a part of the debate between gun rights and gun control
What is the 2nd Amendment
200
This clause states that the right to religious beliefs is absolute, but has placed some restrictions to the practice of those beliefs.
What is the free exercise clause
200
These are the two special situations that police do not need a search warrant.
What is a life threatening emergency and in Plain Sight
200
this means that people may not be tried twice for the same crime
What is double jeopardy
200
One court case made segregation legal, the other overturned it
What is Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education
200
This was passed quickly after the terrorist attacks on 9/11
What is the patriot act
300
These are the three types of speech that are protected under the 1st amendment
What is pure speech, symbolic speech, and speech plus
300
states any illegal obtained evidence cannot be used in a federal court against the defendant. (Weeks v. US)
What is the Exclusionary Rule
300
The punishment that is controversial in dealing with the 8th amendment
What is the death penalty
300
This says that state and local governments cannot draw unreasonable distinctions among groups of people.
What is the equal protection clause
300
When the government take away your 1st amendment rights
What is clear and present danger
400
These are the two types of defamatory speech that the 1st amendment does not protect; one is written and the other is spoken.
What is Libel and Slander
400
This allows evidence to be used even when a clerical mistake was made which made the search warrant defective.
What is Good Faith Exclusion
400
These are the three things that the federal government cannot impose according to the 8th amendment
What is excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment
400
This is the the policy or program to make up for past discrimination
What is Affirmative Action
400
The U.S. Supreme Court held that public school officials may impose some limits on what appears in school-sponsored student publications.
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
500
was a United States Supreme Court case that invalidated a federal law against flag desecration as violative of free speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution.It built on the opinion handed down in the Court's 1989 decision in Texas v. Johnson, which invalidated on First Amendment grounds a Texas state statute banning flag-burning.
What is US v. Eichman
500
this is when the lawyer can prove the evidence would have been eventually discovered using legal means.
What is inevitable discovery
500
The court case that warned that the states needed to clarify the death penalty, which resulted in 35 states adopting new death penalty laws.
What is Furman v. Georgia
500
The two court cases that involved Affirmative Action and the University of Michigan
What is Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger