CH 10

What is the source of due process protection from unfair actions of state officials?

Fourteenth Amendment

What are civil liberties?

basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected and that all people have

Death penalty

capital punishment

What is symbolic speech?

communication of ideas through symbols and actions

Made to stand trial twice for the same offense

double jeopardy

Part of the Constitution that forbids government from creating an official religion

establishment clause

Guarantees each person the right to hold any religious beliefs they choose

free exercise clause

What is prior restraint?

government action that seeks to prevent materials from being published

A search warrant gives the police

legal authority to search private property

Roe v. Wade involved the right to

privacy

Reasonable grounds for a search

probable cause

Spoken defamatory statement

slander

What is treason?

speech or actions that inspire revolt against the government