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Details Title: AP Gov't Ch 5 Description: Chapter 5 Total Flash Cards: 33 Created: 10/12/2007 16:16:30	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Due Process of law Definition Denies the government  the right, without due process, to deprive people of life, liberty, and property. Term Equal Protection of the law Definition A standard of equal treatment that must  be observed by the government. Term Selective Incorporation Definition Court cases that apply Bill of Rights to states. Term Freedom of Expression Definition Right of people to speak, publish, and assemble. Term Freedom of Religion Definition People shall be free to exercise their religion, and government may not establish a religion. Term Prior Restraint Definition A censorship of a publication Term Clear-and-Present-Danger test Definition Law should not punish speech unless there was clear and present danger  of producing harmful actions. Term Gitlow v. New York (1925) Definition Supreme Court Says the First Amendment applies to states. Term Palko v. Connecticut (1937) Definition Supreme Court says that states must observe all "fundamental" liberties. Term Libel Definition Writing that falsely injures another person. Term Symbolic Speech Definition An act that conveys a political message. Term Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) Definition "Fighting words" are not protected by the First Amendment. Term Collin v. Smith (1978) Definition The Nazi Party may march through a largely Jewish neighborhood. Term McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) Definition Upholds 2002 campaign finance reform law. Term Miller v. California (1973) Definition Obcenity defined as appealing to prurient  interests of an average person with materials that lack literacy, artistic, political, or scientific value. Term New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) Definition To Libel a public figure, there must be "actual malice." Term Reno v. ACLU (1997) Definition A law that bans sending "indecent" material to minors over the internet is unconstatutuinal because "indecent" is too vague and broad a term. Term Schneck v. United States (1919) Definition Speech may be punished if it creates a clear-and-present-danger test of illegal acts. Term Texas v. Johnson (1989) Definition There may not be a law to ban flag-bruning. Term Free-Exercise Clause Definition First Amendment requirement that law cannot prevent free exercise of religion. Term Establishment Clause Definition First Amendment ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion." Term Wall of Seperation Definition Court ruling that government cannot be involved with religion. Term Exclusionary Rule Definition Improperly gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial. Term Engel v. Vitale (1962) Definition There may not be a prayer, even a nondenominational one, in public schools. Term Everson v. Board of Education (1947) Definition The wall-of-seperation principle is announced. Term Lee v. Weisman (1992) Definition Public schools may not have clergy lead prayers at graduation ceremonies. Term Lemon v. Kurtzman, 402 U.S. 602 (1971) Definition Three tests are described for deciding whether the government is improperly involved with religion. Term Santa Fe Independant School District v. Doe (2000) Definition Students may not lead prayers before the start of a football game at a public school. Term Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2000) Definition Voucher plan to pay school bills it upheld. Term Zorauch v. Clauson (1952) Definition States may allow students to be released from public schools to attend religious instruction. Term Search Warrant Definition A judge's order authorizing a search. Term Probable Cause Definition Reasonable cause for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest; more than mere suspicion. Term Good-Faith Exception Definition An error in gathering evidence sufficiently minor that it may be used in trial.