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| Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, and Petition |
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| Indictments, Self-Incrimination, Double Jeopardy, Due Process, Eminent Domain |
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| Criminal Court Procedures including Speedy and Public Trial, Impartial Jury, Confront Witness, Counsel |
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| Trial By Jury in Civil Cases |
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| Excessive Bail, Cruel & Unusual Punishment |
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| Rights Retained by the People |
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| Reserved Powers of the States |
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| limits to powers given to it by the people |
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| The division of power between the three branches of government Legislative, Executive, Judicial. |
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| The power of each branch is limited by the power of the other three branches |
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| The process by which the courts can decide whether a law is contutuional |
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| The relationship between government and individuals |
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| concern issues that are important to society |
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| John Tinker, 15 years old, his sister Mary Beth Tinker, 13 years old, and Christopher Echardt, 16 years old, decided along with their parents to protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to their Des Moines schools during the Christmas holiday season. |
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| During World War I, Schenck mailed circulars to draftees. The circulars suggested that the draft was a monstrous wrong motivated by the capitalist system. |
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| Bethel School District v. Fraser |
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| At a school assembly of approximately 600 high school students, Matthew Fraser made a speech nominating a fellow student for elective office. In his speech, Fraser used what some observers believed was a graphic sexual metaphor to promote the candidacy of his friend |
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| Jonas Yoder and Wallace Miller, both members of the Old Order Amish religion, and Adin Yutzy, a member of the Conservative Amish Mennonite Church, were prosecuted under a Wisconsin law that required all children to attend public schools until age 16. |
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| The injured party who brings legal action against the defendent. |
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| The state or federal government attorney to a criminal case. |
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