lesson 5 - the bill of rights and civil liberties

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Across
  1. 2. rights not specifically listed in the Bill of Rights but given general protection under the Ninth Amendment
  2. 4. an attempt by government to prevent the publication or broadcast of material considered harmful
  3. 10. a clause in the Fourteenth Amendment declaring that no state may deny “equal protection of the laws” to any person within that state
  4. 13. statements, usually made under oath, suggesting that the person speaking is guilty of a crime
  5. 15. orally spreading false information about someone with intent to cause harm
  6. 16. the process by which the Supreme Court applies the Bill of Rights to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  7. 18. a clause in the Fifth Amendment that prohibits the government from taking private property for public use “without just compensation”
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  1. 1. guarantees of equal rights and equal treatment under the law, such as trial by jury and voting rights
  2. 3. reasonable suspicion of criminal behavior
  3. 5. not religious or spiritual in nature
  4. 6. basic freedoms guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion
  5. 7. the imposition of the death penalty on a person by the state
  6. 8. publishing false information about someone with intent to cause harm
  7. 9. money given over to a court in exchange for a criminal suspect's release from jail until his or her trial begins
  8. 11. speech or other forms of expression considered offensive to conventional standards of decency
  9. 12. the prosecution of a person a second time for a crime for which the defendant has already been tried once and found not guilty; prohibited under the Fifth Amendment
  10. 14. conduct that conveys a message without spoken words
  11. 17. a document issued by a judge that authorizes law enforcement officers to carry out a search, seizure of evidence, or arrest