Across
- 3. restrictions upon the government; protect individuals form arbitrary government action
- 7. prohibits an individual from being tried twice for a crime after an acquittal or conviction
- 8. part of the 14th amendment that prevents states from taking away individual rights arbitrarily
- 10. arrangement between the prosecutor and defendant where the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a more lenient sentence
- 11. first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- 12. false and malicious use of spoken words
- 15. reasonable grounds to believe that an individual should be searched, should be arrested, or is guilty of a crime
- 16. written authorization from a cour specifying the parameters of a search by police
- 17. church-related or religion-based, as in certain private schools
- 18. process by which the Supreme Court applies each provision of the Bill of Rights & later amendments to the states; one right, one case at a time
- 19. when an accused individual is compelled to be a witness against himself in court/ prohibited by the 5th amendment
Down
- 1. false and malicious use of printed/published words
- 2. part of the 1st amendment that prohibits Congress from creating a religion, sponsoring religion, or favoring one religion over another
- 4. communication for business purposes, often in the form of advertising
- 5. part of the 1st amendment that protects each individual's right to believe whatever he/she chooses in religion
- 6. state-sanctioned practice of execution or the death penalty
- 9. prevents evidence from being utilized in court if that evidence was not legally obtained
- 13. government actions that prevent material from being published or censored before they are expressed
- 14. expression by conduct or action that conveys an opinion/message