Across
- 2. idea that government cannot curb ideas before they are expressed
- 5. reasonable grounds, a reasonable suspicion of crime
- 11. idea that the laws of a state, or of the nation, must treat any given individual in the same way as it would treat other individuals who are in similar conditions and circumstances
- 17. guarantees of the safety of persons, opinion, and property from the arbitrary acts of government, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion
- 19. crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force or to disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts
- 21. doctrine that holds that the government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does
- 22. the power of a government to take private property for public use
- 23. to gather with one another in order to express view on public matters
- 24. a member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights
- 27. part of the 14th amendment which guarantees that no State deny basic rights to its people
Down
- 1. false and malicious use of printed words
- 3. ruling stating that evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person from whom it was seized
- 4. the process of incorporating, or including, most of the guarantees in the Bill of Rights into the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause
- 6. first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 7. a citizen’s right to bring his or her view to the attention of public officials by such means as written petitions, letters, lobbying, and matches
- 8. a form of protest in which people deliberately but non-violently violate the law as a means of expressing their opposition to come particular law of public policy
- 9. the second part of the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom; guarantees to each person the right to believe whatever they choose to believe in matters of religion
- 10. law applied to an act committed before its passage
- 12. court order that prevents unjust arrests and imprisonments
- 13. term used for positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people
- 14. part of the 5th amendment stating that no person can be put in jeopardy of life or limb twice; once a person has been tried for a crime, they cannot be tried again for the same crime
- 15. the legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another
- 16. part of the 1st amendment of the Constitution that guarantees the separation of church and state
- 18. formal complaint before a grand jusry that charges the accused with one or more crimes
- 20. false and malicious use of spoken words
- 25. constitutional rights that police must read to a suspect before questioning can occur
- 26. court order authorizing a search