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Pol. Sci Unit 1 pt 4

Political Science unit 1. Ch. 1-4 vocabulary

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one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country. civil liberties
Judicial suppression of material that would be published or broadcast, on the grounds that it is libelous or harmful. In US law, the first amendment severely limits the ability of the government to do this prior restraint
Nonverbal gestures and actions that are meant to communicate a message. symbolic speech
The test (proposed by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes) for determining when government may restrict free speech. Restrictions are not permissible unless speech presents a 'clear and present danger' to public order. clear and present danger test
Court held that obscene materials did not enjoy First Amendment protection. Miller v. California
A judge's order that a case may not be discussed in public gag order
that a woman, with her doctor, could choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy Roe v. Wade
An order that directs the person detaining a prisoner to bring him or her before a judge, who will determine the lawfulness of the imprisonment. writ of habeas corpus
A law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial exclusionary rule
Dolree Mapp was convicted of possessing obscene materials after an admittedly illegal police search of her home for a fugitive. She appealed her conviction on the basis of freedom of expression. Mapp v. Ohio
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. 14th Amendment
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