Freedom of Speech
Part of the First Amendment that protects your ability to express your ideas without government persecution.
What is freedom of speech?
Police need this level of suspicion to make a lawful arrest.
What is probable cause?
This amendment guarantees that you have the right to counsel.
What is the Sixth Amendment
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
This type of speech is not protected if it involves false statements that damage a person's reputation.
What is defamation?
This constitutional amendment protects individuals from unreasonable arrests.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
The standard requires that a criminal defendant receive not just any lawyer, but one whose performance is competent enough to ensure a fair trial.
What is the right to effective assistance of counsel?
This amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
Under District of Columbia v. Heller, the Second Amendment protects the right to use a firearm for this specific purpose
What is self-defense?
Law that punishes speech that is offensive or abusive language; it often violates the First Amendment.
What is fighting words doctrine?
The term that refers to the movement of when a reasonable person is no longer free to leave.
What is custody?
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This 2008 Supreme Court case ruled that individuals have a right to possess firearms for lawful purposes, such as self-defense in the home.
What is the District of Columbia v. Heller?
This form of speech is protected even though it isn't spoken; burning flags and or wearing items of clothing.
What is symbolic speech?
After an arrest, law enforcement may search the person and the area within reach.
What is search incident to arrest?
These warnings must be given before interrogations to protect the Fifth and Sixth Amendments rights of the suspect.
What are Miranda Rights?
This amendment guarantees the right against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This type of firearm regulation, banning guns from schools, government facilities/ buildings, and airports: is considered "presumptively lawful"
What are restrictions in sensitive places?
This Supreme Court case held that a state may ban cross burning with the intent to intimidate, but ruled it an unconstitutional statute that automatically treats any cross burning as this type of unprotected speech.
What is a true threat
If officers arrest someone based on evidence from an unconstitutional search, that arrest may be invalid due to this doctrine.
What is the fruit of the poisonous tree?
A defendant has the right to a trial before this group of impartial citizens, who decide guilt or innocence.
What is a jury?
This amendment prohibits the government from housing soldiers in private homes without consent
What is the Third Amendment?
This restriction bars people convicted of certain offenses from possessing firearms.
What is felon-in-possession prohibition?