Unalienable Rights
These amendments guarantee certain personal freedoms.
Bill of Rights
Miranda v. Arizona 1966 incorporated rights from this amendment.
5th Amendment
This court case determined that governments can't place religious displays by themselves on public property because they promote a certain religion.
County of Allegheny v. ACLU 1989
This term means non-religious.
Secular
This term requires that governments can't discriminate against parade permits based on their content.
Content Neutral
This clause prevents States from denying people their basic rights.
Amendments 3, 7, 9, and 10
Wallace v. Jaffree 1985 determined that moments of silence were...
Unconstitutional
This clause guarantees your right to choose any religion or non-religion within reason.
Free Exercise Clause
The first amendment guarantees the right to _____ peacefully.
Assemble or Gather
Protections against the Government. Compared to a shield.
Civil Liberties
This right was incorporated during Klopfer v. North Carolina, where Peter Klopfer's prosecution was indefinitely suspended.
Right to a speedy trial
Engel v. Vitale 1962 made it illegal for schools to hold these, even if they were not associated with a particular religion.
Prayers
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette 1943 determined that students couldn't be required to recite this in school.
Pledge of Allegiance
In this case, the Court held that demonstrators can't be charged with disorderly conduct as long as they acted peacefully, even if their actions lead to violence or disorder.
Gregory v. Chicago 1969
How unalienable rights are guaranteed to people at the state level.
Process of Incorporation
The first court case to incorporate part of an amendment. It occurred in 1925.
Gitlow v. New York
This case determined that districts allowing students to leave public school to receive off-site religious instruction didn't violate the Establishment Clause.
Zorach v. Clauson 1952
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association 1988 determined that building a road on _____ _____ was constitutional because it wasn't compulsory.
Sacred Lands
This is the term for the right to associate with others to promote a cause.
Guarantee of Association
The positive acts of government that seek to make the guarantees of the Constitution a reality for all people. Compared to a sword.
Civil Rights
This case guaranteed a trial by jury in state criminal cases.
Duncan v. Louisiana 1968
Marsh v. Chambers 1983 determined that it was constitutional to hold prayers before these gatherings.
Legislative Sessions
This case determined that polygamy was unacceptable under the free-exercise clause.
Reynolds v. United States 1879
This court case incorporated the Freedom of Assembly to the states.
DeJonge v. Oregon 1937