Bill of Rights
The right to bare arms
What is the 2nd Amendment
The first protection in the 1st Amendment
Document signed by a judge to allow a police search
What is a warrant
Freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution to protect us from the government
What are Civil Liberties
The protection in the 1st amendment that allows each citizen to practice any religion
What is the Free Exercise clause
The right to access the civil courts
What is the 7th Amendment
There are 3 ways to limit speech by the government: time, place and _______
What is manner
The legal term for Evidence seized unlawfully cannot be used at trial
What is Exclusionary rule
The legal rights that protect individuals from discrimination
What are Civil Rights
This author of the Constitution, stated that when it comes to religion, "united we fall, divided we stand"
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Prevents the government from using your home in peace time.
What is the 3rd Amendment
Which protection prevents a teacher from leading a prayer to start a class?
What is the establishment clause
If an object connected w/ a crime can be seen from a place where an officer has a right to be, it can be seized w/out a warrant. This doctrine is call _____
This Supreme Court case ruled that Segregation was legal?
This speech limitation was used to prevent the Westboro Baptist Church from interfering with the funeral of fallen soldiers
What is Place
Prevents the government to putting you on trial twice for the same crime.
What is the 5th Amendment
the action of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
What is Libel
The "Stop and Frisk" was ruled a legal search by the Supreme Court in this case.
What is Terry vs Ohio
This Supreme Court case overturned segregation in schools.
What is Brown vs the Board of Education
This court case allows the government to assist religion only if (1) the primary purpose of the assistance is secular, (2) the assistance must neither promote nor inhibit religion, and (3) there is no excessive entanglement between church and state.
What is Lemon vs Kurtz
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
What is the 10th Amendment
Which Supreme Court case protects student speech in school?
What is Tinker v Des Moines
The term used when a suspect agrees to a search when an police officer requests a search without probable cause?
What is Consent
This legal term refers to a court decision that is considered as authority for deciding future cases involving similar facts, or similar legal issues
What is Precedent
This law passed in 1964 made is illegal to discriminate based on a person's religion, race or gender
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964