Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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  1. 3. Supreme Court decision that recognized a constitutional right of privacy for a woman to determine whether to terminate a pregnancy.
  2. 6. Communication such as advertising that can be restricted more than any other type of speech
  3. 8. Supreme Court decision that ruled that suspects in police custody have certain rights and that they must be informed of those rights (right to remain silent, right to an attorney).
  4. 13. The process by which different protections in the Bill of Rights were incorporated into the 14th Amendment partially and gradually, thus guaranteeing citizens' protection from state as well as national governments
  5. 16. Supreme Court decision that said mandatory school prayer violates the First Amendment
  6. 18. A guarantee under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as it treats other individuals or classes in like circumstances
  7. 19. A characteristic that cannot be used to deny a citizen the right to vote under the 15th Amendment
  8. 20. Established rules and regulations that restrain government officials
  9. 22. Campaign finance Supreme Court decision that stated spending money to influence elections is protected speech
  10. 23. A legal rule that bars unlawfully obtained evidence from being used in court proceedings
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  1. 1. A type of court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody
  2. 2. Landmark case that said wearing armbands in protest of Vietnam War was symbolic speech, protected under the Constitution
  3. 4. Part of the First Amendment stating Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
  4. 5. Individuals who gained suffrage under the 19th amendment
  5. 7. Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals
  6. 9. Supreme Court decision that ruled that in state trials, those who cannot afford an attorney will have one provided by the state
  7. 10. Protections of citizens from unwarranted government action
  8. 11. Landmark case that said flag burning was symbolic speech, protected under the Constitution.
  9. 12. Part of the First Amendment that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
  10. 14. Supreme Court decision that established aid to church-related schools must 1) have a primarily secular purpose; 2)a principal effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion; and 3) not create excessive entanglement between government and religion
  11. 15. Type of unprotected written speech
  12. 17. The first incorporation case where the 14th Amendment was used to apply the 1st Amendment to the states
  13. 21. Outlawed by Brown v. Board of Education on equal protection grounds