Chapter 4

7. Prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
10. Designed to protect the rights of persons accused of crimes, including protection against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and punishment without due process of law.
11. The situation occurring when an individual accused of a crime is compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in court.
13. A government preventing or censoring material from being published.
14. Guarantees equal protection of the law and rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US, including former slaves.
18. Prohibited by the Fourth Amendment.
20. Speech done on behalf of a company or individual for the intent of making a profit.
22. A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.

1. A legal negotiation in which a prosecutor reduces a charge in exchange for a defendant's guilty plea.
2. Reasonable cause for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest; more than mere suspicion.
3. A constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes including the right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to a speedy and public trial.
4. Freedom of speech, religion, petition, religion, and press.
5. Personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation without due process.
6. The first ten amendments of the United States Constitution.
8. The clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress.
9. The right to a private personal life free from the intrusion of government.
12. Prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.
15. A first amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion.
16. The legal concept under which the Supreme Court has nationalized the Bill of Rights by making most of its provisions applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
17. The communication of ideas through symbols and actions.
19. A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence.
21. A law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.