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Ap Gov CH.4
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil Liberties | individuals legal and constitutional prtoection from the government |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments of the constitution |
| First amendment | established the four great liberties: Freedom of Press, of speech, of religion, and of assembly |
| Barron V. Baltimore | said the Bill of Rights only restrained the federal government |
| Gitlow V. Newyork | Said that the state must respect some first amendment rights |
| Fourteenth Amendment | gave former slaves legal protectiona nad voting rights |
| Due Process Clause | said states must respect first amendemt |
| incorporation doctrine | Nationalized Bill of Rights and made most of it realivent to the states |
| Establishment clause | "Congress shall make no law respecting an established religion" |
| Free exercise clause | prohibits the abridgement of citizens' freedom to worship or not to worship |
| Lemon V. Kurtzman | Supreme court ruled aid to church related schools 1) have a secular legislative purpose 2)niether promote or inhibit religion 3)Not foster an execessive government entaglement with religion |
| Zelman V. Simmons-Harris | Gave poor families vouchers to pay for religious school |
| Engel V. Vitale | Said school faculty couldnt recite prayers for classroom exercises |
| Pennsylvania V. Schempp | Said bible reading in school violated the establishment clause |
| Prior restraint | government actions that stop material from being published |
| Near V. Minnesota | protected the News papers from prior restraint |
| Schenck V. United States | convicted a socialist man who urged men to aviod being drafted in WW1. said limit of freedom of speech if it provokes a clear and present danger |
| Roth V. United States | ruled is not within protection of the constitution |
| Miller V. California | defined what was obscenity 1) "to be a prurient interest in sex 2) "Patently offensive" sexually 3)lacked "serious literacy, artistic, political, or scientific value" |
| Texas V. Johnson | said burning the American Flag was a form of speech |
| Symbolic Speech | doesn't contain writing or speech but still shows ones opinion |
| Zurcher V. Standford Daily |
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