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is a procedural defence that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same or similar charges.
What is double jeopardy
100
eminent domain
What is The power to take private property for public use by a state, municipality, or private person or corporation authorized to exercise functions of public character, following the payment of just compensation to the owner of that property.
100
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation
What is libel
100
Freedom of religion (establishment & free exercise clauses), speech, press, assembly, and petition
What is first amendment
100
fourteenth amendment
What is (1) All persons born in the U.S. are citizens; (2) no person can be deprived of life, liberty or property without DUE PROCESS OF LAW; (3) no state can deprive a person of EQUAL PROTECTION of the laws.
200
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of
What is rationed
200
the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
What is civil rights
200
poll taxes
What is tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources
200
third amendment
What is Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime.
200
fifteenth amendment
What is States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
300
a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause
What is petition
300
suffrage
What is the right to vote in political elections
300
separation of church and state
What is a concept defining the distance in the relationship between organized religion and the nation state
300
Right to bear arms. 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 second amendment
300
seventeenth amendment
What is Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen by state legislatures)
400
is a court order that a magistrate judge or supreme court officer to conduct a search
What is search warrant
400
draft
What is a preliminary version of a piece of writing
400
bail
What is the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court
400
seventh amendment
What is Right to jury in civil trials.
400
nineteenth amendment
What is States cannot deny the right to vote based on gender
500
to formally declare that someone should be put on trial for a crime.
What is indict
500
grand jury
What is is a legal body that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought
500
self-incrimination
What is Giving testimony in a trial or other legal proceeding that could subject one to criminal prosecution
500
thirteenth amendment
What is Abolished slavery
500
twenty-third amendment
What is Gives Washington DC electoral college votes as if it were a state (DC still has no representation in Congress