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Combined Sets
2.5 Individual Right+3.6 Impact of Rights+3.7 Voting Evolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| appellate process | the process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly |
| ex post facto | a Latin term meaning “after the fact” |
| ex post facto law | a law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed |
| habeas corpus | the principle that keeps the government from holding a citizen indefinitely without showing cause |
| independent judiciary | the principle that decisions from the courts are fair and impartial and are not subject to undue influence from the other branches of government |
| public interest | common benefit, the general of the public |
| precedent | a court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court |
| privacy | not in public |
| safeguard | to protect |
| summary judgment | a judgment decided by a trial court without that case going to trial; a summary judgment is an attempt to stop a case from going to trial |
| writ | law |
| civil disobedience | the refusal to obey certain laws as a form of political protest |
| economic freedom | the freedom to produce, trade, or use any goods or services without use of force, fraud, or theft |
| eminent domain | the right of the government to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment requires that fair compensation be made when property is taken under eminent domain |
| forced internment | the confinement of a group of people, especially during a war |
| freedom of assembly | the right to hold meetings and form groups without interference by the government; guaranteed in the First Amendment |
| property rights | the right to own property; mentioned in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 13th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that outlawed slavery in the United States |
| 14th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that defines citizenship, grants citizenship to former slaves and defines voters as males at least 21 year of age |
| 15th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that makes it illegal for the federal or state governments to deny someone the right to vote based on their race |
| 19th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that grants women the right to vote |
| 24th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that made poll taxes illegal as a condition for voting |
| 26th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that lowers the minimum voting age to 18 |
| amendment | a change to the U.S. Constitution |
| civil rights | the rights belonging to citizens; traditionally refers to the basic rights to be free from unequal treatment based on certain protected characteristics (i.e. race, gender, disability) |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | a federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin |
| Civil Rights Act of 1968 | a federal law that prohibits discrimination related to the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex |
| discrimination | unfair treatment |
| Equal Rights Amendment | a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing discrimination based on sex |
| literacy test | a test used to determine whether or not someone was eligible to register vote |
| poll tax | a fee required to vote |
| prohibit | to forbid or disallow |
| segregation | the separation of people, such as segregation based on race |
| states’ rights | a power or issue for individual states to determine |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | a federal law that banned race discrimination in voting practices by federal, state, and local governments |
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