The Supreme Court developed the Miller Test regarding obscenity in this case in 1973.
What is Miller vs. California(1973)
100
incitement to resist lawful authority.
What is sedition
100
In this Supreme Court case the court declared that First Amendment rights applied to state governments too.
What is Gitlow vs. New York
100
A reading test citizens were required to pass in order to vote. It was widely used in the South.
What is literacy Test
100
attempting to influences policymaking
What is lobbying
200
In this case the Supreme Court ruled that burning the U.S. flag was a form of symbolic speech
What is Texas vs. Johnson
200
In this Supreme Court case a man sent out a flyer urging draftees to protest the draft in WWI
What is Schenck vs. United States
200
The application of the rights guaranteed in the federal Constitution's Bill of Rights to state governments.
What is incorporation
200
a tax levied on voting
What is poll tax
200
term begins on first Monday of October and usually concludes by the following June. Hears 80 to 150 cases.
What is Term of the Supreme Court
300
In this case the Supreme Court ruled that high school students wearing black armbands is symbolic speech and cannot be banned.
What is Tinker vs. Des
300
In this Supreme Court case they ruled that speech that advocated violence and revolution as long as there was no imminent danger that the speech would incite a lawless action
What is Brandenburg vs. Ohio
300
The legal doctrine adopted by the Supreme Court that most guarantees of the Bill Of Rights are applicable to state governments.
What is incorporation Doctrine
300
The voters of a nation, state, city, county, or other district referred to collectively.
What is electorate
300
a single issue test used to determine nominee's acceptability
What is Litmus test for Supreme Court Nominees
400
In this Supreme Court case they overturned a law making it a crime to display or distribute indecent material on the internet.
What is Reno vs. ACLU
400
This did not originally apply to the state government, which were not required to recognize the freedoms it embodied until 1868
What is First Amendment and the States
400
The power of the federal judiciary to review laws passed by federal and state governments to determine if they are constitutional.
What is Judicial Review
400
direct vote of the people
What is popular vote
400
The right to an attorney, speedy and public trial, right to be told the charges against you,right to confront witnesses, and the right to call witnesses in your favor.
What is Sixth Amendment Rights
500
Using actions and symbols to convey an idea or opinion.
What is symbolic speech
500
Prohibits states from depriving citizens of "life, liberty, or property without due process law."
What is Due Process Clause
500
In this Supreme Court case the court ruled the Judiciary Act of 1791 unconstitutional
What is Marbury vs. Madison
500
a person that usually is employed by an interest group, engages in direct lobbying
What is lobbyist
500
Agreement with another head of state not requiring approval from the Senate.