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Chapter 19
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Political Studies
12th Grade
01/28/2008

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civil liberties

Definition
The guarentees of the safety of persons, opinions, and property from the arbitrary acts of gov't, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
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civil rights
Definition

Terms used for positive acts of gov't that seek to make constitutional guarentees a reality for all people.

 

Ex: Pphibitions of discrimination

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Due Process Clause
Definition
Part of the 14th amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people.
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Establishment Clause

Definition
Separates church and state
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right of association
Definition
The right to associate with others to promote political, economic, and other social causes.
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Free Exercise Clause
Definition
The second part of the constituional guarantee of religious freedom, which guarantees to each person the right to believe whatever he or she chooses to believe in matters of religion.
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Shield laws
Definition
Laws which give reporters some protection against having to disclose their sources or reveal other confidential information in legal proceedings in those States.
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symbolic speech
Definition
Expression by conduct; communicating ideas through facial expressions, body language, or by carrying a sign or wearing an arm band.
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content neutral
Definition
While gov't can regulate assemblies on the basis of time, place, and manner, it cannot regulate assemblies on the basis of what might be said there.
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assemble
Definition
to gather with one another
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picketing
Definition
patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike.
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prior restraint
Definition

The gov't cannot curb ideas before they are expressed

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seditious speech
Definition
the advocating, or urging, of an attempt to overthrow the gov't by force, or to disrupt its lawful activities with violence.
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sedition
Definition
the crime of attempting to overthrow the gov't by force, or to disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts.
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libel
Definition
the false and malicious use of printed words
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slander
Definition
the false and malicious use of spoken words
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