set regulations and standards for commerce between states
What is the innerstate commerce act?
100
the government will not support create and support an official state church
What is the establishment clause?
100
the right to be brought before a judge and informed of the nature of the charges against you
What is habeas corpus?
100
rule that speech may be punished if it leads to punishable actions
What is the bad tendency test?
100
Supreme court action making the protections of the bill of rights applicable to the states
What is incorporation?
200
a system in which the executive is elected independently of the legislature
What is a presidential system?
200
want a wall of separation between church and state
What is a separationist?
200
laws under which specific persons or groups are detained and sentenced without trial
What are bills of attainder?
200
rule that language may only be regulated if it presents an immediate and urgent danger
What is the clear and present danger test?
200
incorporation of rights on a case by case basis
What is selective incorporation?
300
a system in which the executive is part of the legislature
What is a parlimentary system?
300
support government nonpreferential accommodation of religion
What is an accommodationist?
300
laws that criminalize an action after it occurs
What is an ex post facto law?
300
rule used by courts that obscenity will be determined by local standards
What is the miller test?
300
1. No self incrimination
2. Emminent domain
3. Right to a grand jury inditement
4. Due process to take life, liberty, or property
5. Protection from double jeopardy
What is the 5th amendment?
400
government in which local units hold all power
What is a confederal system?
400
the ability to freely engage in any religion
What is the free exercise clause?
400
are granted in the bill of rights, relative to the rights of others
What are civil liberties?
400
censorship of or punishment for expression of ideas before those ideas are printed or spoken
What is prior restraint?
400
prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment?
500
government in which all power is centralized
What is a unitary system?
500
speech that criticizes a government
What is sedition?
500
evidence seized illegally may not be used in court
What is the exclusionary rule?
500
written defamation of character/spoken defamation of character
What is libel/slander?
500
1.Right to call and confront witnesses
2. Right to be informed of the nature of the charges against you
3. Right to counsel
4. Right to a speedy and public trial
5. Right to trial by impartial jury