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- 5. The ___________________ rule refers to a judicial policy prohibiting the admission at trial of illegally obtained evidence
- 7. The movement that supports political, economic, and social equality for women
- 12. Civil _____________ was a nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.
- 13. The Supreme Court has significantly limited the rights of non-citizens in cases involving...
- 14. The ____________ test was a three-part test determining whether or not states could give money to religious schools. It is not longer considered valid.
- 16. Past barriers to African American voting included grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and ____________ tests.
- 20. _________________ required compelling government interest, narrow tayloring, and limited restrictions on laws that could potentially interfere with fundamental rights.
- 22. ______________ law relates to matters such as contracts among private individuals.
- 24. The clause that prohibits the establishment of a church that is officially supported by the national government
- 26. A writ of ___________________ is a court order that requires jailers to bring a prisoner before a court or judge and explain why the person is being held.
- 31. The ________________ Amendment guaranteed all men the right to vote.
- 32. The most significant piece of antiterrorism legislation, passed in 2001
- 33. Expression made through articles of clothing, gestures, movements, ad other forms of nonverbal communication
- 34. The case that announced the separate-but-equal doctrine
- 35. The __________________ Exclusion Act of 1882 banned all immigration from China until 1943.
- 36. A special tax that had to be paid as a qualification for voting
- 39. Judge-made law
- 40. When a defendant is initially brought before a court to hear the charges against him or her and enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
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- 1. The 1st Amendment guarantees the free ____________ of religion.
- 2. A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights
- 3. The right to vote
- 4. _____________ law relates to crimes against society that are prosecuted by a public official, such as a district attorney.
- 6. ____________ discrimination refers to any practice, policy, or procedure that denies equality of treatment to an individual or group because of gender.
- 8. The age at which a person is entitled by law to the rights to manage her or his own affairs
- 9. Civil _____________ refer to limitations that tell the government what it CANNOT do.
- 10. Lawrence v. Texas (1986) legalized the homosexual practice of _______________.
- 11. The Bill of Rights originally limited _________ the national government.
- 15. _______________ action policies attempt to 'level the paying field' by giving special preference in education and employment to traditionally disadvantaged groups.
- 17. ________________ theory: The view that the protections of the Bill of Rights apply to state government through the 14th Amendment's due process clause
- 18. Edward Snowden revealed that ________ surveillance was far more extensive than previously assumed.
- 19. The _______________ Amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial before a jury.
- 21. ____________ discrimination refers to the situation in which affirmative action policies result is prejudice AGAINST majorities.
- 23. Civil __________ refers to what the government MUST do to guarantee equal protection under the law.
- 25. The right to _____________ which supported Roe v. Wade was not actually in the Constitution.
- 27. Public utterance of a false statement that harms the good reputation of another
- 28. Wrongfully hurting a person's good reputation
- 29. ____________ speech refers to advertising statements.
- 30. A bill of ______________ is a law that inflicts punishment without a trial.
- 33. The _________________________ doctrine held that race-based facilities do not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
- 34. ________________ restraint refers to restraining an activity before it has actually occurred.
- 37. Miller v. California (1973) set requirements that must be met for material to be ____________ obscene.
- 38. The Defense of Marriage Act