1st Amendment
Demonstrations are only legal if they are _________.
peaceful
fair and equal treatment under the law
due process
No person can be compelled to be a witness against himself
self incrimination
Discrimination in employment is illegal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which Amendment:
No Cruel and unusual punishment
No Excessive bail
8th amendment
Forbids government interference in the free exercise of religion and allows you to hold no religious beliefs at all
Free Exercise Clause
The 4th amendment prevents this.
unreasonable search and seizure
Three of the Four protections of the 6th amendment.
speedy trial, fair trial, public trial, adequate defense
forbade gender discrimination in federally subsidized education programs
Title 9
What the government must do for us to ensure equal protection against discrimination
Civil Rights
Censorship of material before it is spoken or published.
Prior Restraint
A legal document authorizing a police officer to enter and search a premises
search warrant
Defendants found not guilty can’t be tried again for the same crime
Double Jeopardy
Segregation as a result of law
De Jure Segregation
Protection against government interference with your rights
Civil Liberties
Two examples of symbolic speech.
Ms. Sloan will either approve or not of the examples.
reasonable grounds for making a search, pressing charges, reasonable belief a crime has occurred.
probable cause
Reasonable time so that the accused do not languish in jail
Speedy Trial
Supreme Court Case that overturned the "Separate but Equal Doctrine."
Brown v. Board of Education
The amendment that states there is no "absolute" list of protections and freedoms.
9th amendment
This prohibits an establishment of an official religion.
the Establishment Clause
Requires judges to throw out tainted evidence in a criminal trial that police obtained illegally or in violation of the suspects rights
exclusionary rule
Combined, the 5th and 6th amendments create the __________ to be read to anyone accused of a crime.
the Miranda Warning/ Miranda Rights
Describe the Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.
employers cannot refuse to hire or promote someone based on their age
Five freedoms within the 1st Amendment.
speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition