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| protections provided by Constitution against abuse of Gov't Power |
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| refers to protecting certain groups from discrimination |
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| right of people to speak, publish and assemble |
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| people shall be free to exercise religion and gov't can't establish a national religion |
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| censorship of publication, rules telling newspaper what it can publish |
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| Clear and Present Danger Test |
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| Law should not punish speech unless there is a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions |
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| Writing that falsely injures or defames another person |
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| An act that conveys a political message |
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| First Amendment requirement that a law can't prevent free exercise of religion |
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| states the First Amendment ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion" |
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| court ruling that government cannot be involved with religion |
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| improperly gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial |
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| Judge's order authorizing a search |
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| Reasonable cause for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest; more than mere suspicion |
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| An error in gathering evidence sufficiently minor that it may be used in a trial |
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| Classifications of people on the basis of their race or ethnicity |
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| A Supreme Court Test to see if a law denies equal protection because it does not serve a compelling state interest and is not narrowly tailored to achieve that goal |
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| Separate-but-equal doctrine |
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| Doctrine established in Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) that African Americans could constitutionally be kept in separate but equal places |
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| Racial segregation that is required by law |
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| racial segregation that occurs in schools, not as a result of the law, but as a result of patterns of residential settlement |
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| opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the resultant punishment |
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| do something for me, I'll do something for you |
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| state power to effect laws promoting health, safety and morals |
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| making certain that people achieve same results |
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| programs designed to increase minorities in institutions by taking positive steps to appoint more minority group members |
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| giving people equal chance to succeed |
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| using race or sex to give preferential treatment to some people |
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