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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments of the constitution |
| Civil Liberties | Protections against government |
| Civil Rights | positive acts of government that seek to make the constitution guarantees a reality for all people |
| Alien | People who are not citizens of the country which they live |
| Due Process Clause | Part of the 14th amendment which guarantees that no state deny basic rights to its people |
| Process of Incorporation | The combination of most of the guarantees in the Bill of Rights into the 14th amendment's Due process Clause |
| Establishment Clause | The separation of church and states |
| Parochial | Church related schools |
| Free exercise Clause | The part of the constitution that guarantees freedom of religion |
| Libel | False and malicious use of printed words |
| Slander | False and malicious use of spoken words |
| Sedition | the crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force or to disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts |
| seditious speech | The advocating, or urging, of an attempt to overthrow the government by force or to disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts |
| Prior Restraints | the concept that the government cannnot curb ideas before they are expressed |
| shield laws | Laws that gives reporters some protection against having to disclose their source or reveal other confidential information in legal proceedings in those states. |
| Symbolic speech | Expression by conduct; communicating ideas throught facial expressions, body languages, or by carrying a sign or wearing an arm band |
| Picketing | The patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike |
| Assemble | to gather with one another |
| Content Neutral | The government may not regulate assemblies on the basis on what might be said |
| Right of Association | The right to associate with other to promote political, economic, and other social causes |