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gov & pol cht 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Freedom of expression | right of people to speak, publish and assemble |
| Freedom of religion | people shall be free to exercise their religion and government may not establish a religion |
| prior restraint | censorship of a publication |
| Clear-and-present-danger test | law should not punish speech unless there was clear and present danger of producing harmful actions |
| Libel | writing that falsely injures another person, if oral then it is slander |
| free-exercise clause | first amendment requirement that law cannot prevent free exercise of religion |
| establishment clause | First Amendment ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion" |
| wall of separation | court ruling that government cannot be involved with religion |
| exclusionary rule | improperly gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial |
| search warrant | a judges order authorizing a search |
| probable cause | reasonable cause for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest; more than a mere suspicion |
| good-faith exception | an error in gathering evidence sufficiently minor that it may be used in a trial |
| public safety exception | the police can question an un-mirandized suspect is there is concern for public safety |
| inevitable discovery | the police can use evidence if it would inevitably have been discovered |
| due process of law | denies the government the right without process, to deprive people of life, liberty and property |
| equal protection of the law | |
| selective incorporation | the process whereby the court has applied many parts of the bill of rights to the states |
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