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| An act of the legislature that inflicts punishment on an individual group. |
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| Are rights and freedoms that protect an individual from the state. |
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| The provision in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S Constitution that one may not be tried twice for the same crime. |
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| Protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty, or property. The fifth and fourteenth Amendment to the U.S constitution provide that these rights cannot be taken away without it. |
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| involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information |
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| The clause in the first amendment that says the government cannot establish an official Religion. |
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| The rule, established by the supreme court, that evidence unconstitutionally gathered by law enforcement officers may not be used against a defendant in a trail. |
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| A criminal law that make an act a crime that was not a crime when committed, that increases the the penalty for a crime when committed. Or that changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. Ex post facto laws are forbidden by Article 1 of the U.S constitution. |
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| re written or spoken words, generally expressed to incite hatred or violence from their target. Specific definitions, freedoms, and limitations of fighting words vary by jurisdiction. |
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| The clause in the first amendment that states that the government shall make no law prohibiting the free practice of religious beliefs. |
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| The Court's decision in this casewhich details the requirements for legislation concerning religion. |
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| Published words or pictures that falsely and defame a person. |
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| given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody, or in a custodial situation, before they are interrogated. |
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| State or equality of being obscene. Offensive to ones feelings. |
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| Reasonable grands for presuming guilt in someon accused of a crime. Required in cases in which law enforcement officer needs to conduct a search or seizure and cannot, for practical purposes obtain a search warrant. |
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| is a deliberate action aimed at weakening another entity through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. |
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| Written language which seeks to convince others to engage in overthrowing the government |
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| The utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements; damaging to a third person is character or rep: usually distinguished from libel, which is written. |
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| s the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of betrayal of one's sovereign or nation. |
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| A court order directing that prisoners be brought ti court and show cause for his or her detention. From Latin meaning "You shall/ should have a body." |
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| include the ensuring of peoples' physical integrity and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as physical or mental disability, gender, religion, race, sexual orientation, national origin, age, immigrant status, etc; and individual rights such as the freedoms of thought and conscience, speech and expression, religion, the press, and movement. |
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