the first ten amendments of the constitution

Protections against the government

Person who is not a citizen of the country they live in

part of the 14th amendment, which guarantees that no state deny basic rights to its people

process of incorporation

process of including in the bill of rights into the 14th amendment due process clause

A U.S justice, who talked about the strictly limited authority of the government

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

established the Clear and present danger rule

A U.S naval base located in Hawaii, bomber by Japanese in 1941

Proposed an amendment that would prevent the use of state money for sectarain (religious) schools.

Part of the 1st amendment of the constitution that guarantees the seperation of church and state.

Guarantee of religious freedom for anyone

Discovered the principle of the speration of church and state

false and malicious use of printed words

false and malicious use of spoken words

crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force

advocating or urging an attempt to overthrow the government by force

expression by conduct or body language

patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike

idea that government cannot curb ideas before they are expressed

laws that giver reporters some protection against having to disclose their sources

present day supreme court chief justice

citizens right to bring his or her view to the attention of public officials

form of protesting by deliberately but non-violently violate the law as a means of expressing their obsition

the government may not regulate assemblies on the basis of what might be said

the right to associate with others

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civicsvocab.

Term	Definition
Bill of rights	the first ten amendments of the constitution
Civil liberties	Protections against the government
civil rights	positive acts of government
Alien	Person who is not a citizen of the country they live in
Due process clause	part of the 14th amendment, which guarantees that no state deny basic rights to its people
process of incorporation	process of including in the bill of rights into the 14th amendment due process clause
Robert H. Jackson	A U.S justice, who talked about the strictly limited authority of the government
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	established the Clear and present danger rule
Pearl Harbor	A U.S naval base located in Hawaii, bomber by Japanese in 1941
James G. Blaine	Proposed an amendment that would prevent the use of state money for sectarain (religious) schools.
Establishment clause	Part of the 1st amendment of the constitution that guarantees the seperation of church and state.
Free Exercise clause	Guarantee of religious freedom for anyone
Parochial	church-realted
Alexis de Tocqunille	Discovered the principle of the speration of church and state
Libel	false and malicious use of printed words
slander	false and malicious use of spoken words
sedition	crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force
seditious speech	advocating or urging an attempt to overthrow the government by force
symbolic speech	expression by conduct or body language
picketing	patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike
prior restraint	idea that government cannot curb ideas before they are expressed
injunction	court order
shield laws	laws that giver reporters some protection against having to disclose their sources
John Roberts	present day supreme court chief justice
Assemble	to gather with one another
petition	citizens right to bring his or her view to the attention of public officials
civil disobedience	form of protesting by deliberately but non-violently violate the law as a means of expressing their obsition
content neutral	the government may not regulate assemblies on the basis of what might be said
right of association	the right to associate with others

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