Freedom of Speech
The right to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content
What is freedom of speech
A civil wrongdoing/An unlawful act
What is a tort
The immediate area surrounding a home and structures is called
What is Curtilage
To seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody
What is arrest
Innocent until proven guilty
What is presumption of innocence
The act of harming or ruining another's reputation
What is defamation
A powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
What is the National Rifle Association
The temporary seizure of a person for investigation based on officer's reasonable suspicion of criminal activity (Terry v Ohio).
What is investigatory stops/detentions
An order (writ) of a court which directs a law enforcement officer to arrest and bring a person before the judge, such as a person who is charged with a crime, convicted of a crime but failed to appear for sentencing, owes a fine or is in contempt of court
What is a warrant
Illegally obtained evidence or evidence obtained by torture
What is entrapment
The action of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
What is slander
The federal agency responsible for regulating alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives, and arson
What is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
The person arrested is taken into custody either by physical force or by submission to assertion of authority.
What is actual seizure
The act of keeping back or detaining for the purpose of asking questions
What is detention
The right to remain silent and right to a speedy trial.
What is Miranda rights
Words that attack groups such as racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities
What is hate speech
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
What is the 2nd amendment
A reasonable ground to suspect that a person has committed or is committing a crime or that a place contains specific items connected with a crime
What is probable cause
A notice directing someone to appear in court to answer a complaint or a charge
What is a summons
The questioning of a witness who has already testified in order to check or discredit the witness's testimony, knowledge, or credibility
What is cross examination
The use of works protected by copyright law without permission
What is a copyright violation
A legal claim that designates one's place of residence as a place in which one enjoys protection from illegal trespassing and violent attack
What is Castle Law
The examination of a person's premises (residence, business or vehicle) by law enforcement officers looking for evidence of the commission of a crime, and the taking (removal) of articles of evidence (such as controlled narcotics, a pistol, counterfeit bills, a blood-soaked blanket).
What is search and seizure
You can conduct a ______ off reasonable suspicion
What is frisk
The agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for a more serious offense
What is a plea agreement/bargain