First Amendment Rights
This prevents the government from stopping religious practices.
This organization fought against segregation and defended black citizens.
What is the NAACP?
This ensures that fair and legitimate legal processes take place before life liberty or property can be taken.
What is Due process?
This states that no person shall be deprived of life liberty or property without due process of the law.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This SCOTUS case established the groundwork for many cases regarding schools and religious activities.
What is Engel V. Vitale?
This is defined as non verbal actions that express a viewpoint on controversial issues.
What is symbolic speech?
This man was the leader of the Southern Christian leadership conference.
Who was MLK Jr?
This was passed after the Civil War to guarantee far reaching protection of citizens across the country especially former slaves.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This states that evidence taken in violation of the 4th Amendment can be excluded from trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
This SCOTUS case set the parameters for the question of free speech on school campuses
What is Tinker V Des Moines?
This is defined as false statements that can cause harm or violence.
What is Defamatory Speech?
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This was used in 1897 when Chicago paved a street over railroad tracks and had to compensate the Railroad company for property loss.
What is the Just Compensation Clause?
4th Amendment protections many not always extend to who
What are Student in school?
This SCOTUS case created a clear standard for the silencing of speech.
What is Schenck V. United States?
This is defined as false statements that damage a persons reputation
What is Libel?
This expanded the franchise of black voters by allowing the federal government to oversee state run elections.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This applies free speech press assembly and free exercise to state regulations.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This limited rights of suspected terrorists home and abroad.
What is the U.S Patriot Act?
This SCOTUS case made it hard to censor free press.
What is NYT Co. V. United States?
This is the right to stop printed and spoken expression in advance by the government.
What is Prior Restraint?
These three things Provided equal rights and protections to former slaves and oppressed people.
What are the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments?
This group is responsible for selective incorporation.
What is the Supreme Court?
This is defined as the substance of a law and cannot violate basic rights.
What is substantive due process?
Through this SCOTUS case the 6th Amendment was applied to the states.
What is Gideon V. Wainwright?