Across
- 2. test / a standard for deciding whether a law violates the free exercise clause
- 9. right / a right of the people rooted in legal tradition and past court rulings
- 10. to privacy / the right to be free of government intrusion
- 12. / an action or statement that admits guilt or responsibility for a crime
- 15. process clause / provisions of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments that limit government power to deny people “life, liberty, or property” on an unfair basis
- 17. jeopardy / a prosecution pursued twice at the same level of government for the same criminal action
- 18. domain / the power of government to take or use property for a public purpose after compensating its owner
- 19. / acts or statements that are extremely offensive by contemporary standards
- 20. liberties / limitations on the power of government, designed to ensure personal freedoms
- 21. warning / a statement by law enforcement officers informing a person arrested, or subject to interrogation, of that person's rights
- 22. speech / a form of expression that does not use writing or speech but nonetheless communicates an idea
Down
- 1. warrant / a legal document, signed by a judge, allowing police to search and/or seize persons or property
- 3. rule / a requirement, from Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio, that evidence obtained as a result of an illegal search or seizure cannot be used to try someone for a crime
- 4. cause / a lower threshold than the standard of proof needed at a criminal trial
- 5. restraint / a government action that stops someone from doing something before they are able to do it
- 6. act / a law passed by Congress in the wake of the 9/11 attacks that broadened federal powers to monitor electronic communications
- 7. law / a law originally created to uphold a religious or moral standard
- 8. bargain / an agreement where a defendant pleads guilty to get a lenient charge
- 11. burden test / a means of deciding whether a law that makes it harder for women to seek abortions is constitutional
- 13. exercise clause / the provision of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from regulating religious beliefs and practices
- 14. incorporation / the process of making guarantees of the Bill of Rights apply to state and national government
- 16. clause / the provision of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from endorsing a state-sponsored religion
- 18. liberty / the right of individuals to obtain, use, and trade things of value for their own benefit
- 23. rights / limitations on the power of government, designed to ensure personal freedoms