Establishment Clause | | Relinquished or given up |
Grand Jury | | A gathering of people for a common purpose |
Ex post facto | | The loss of citizenship though due process of law |
Exclusionary rule | | The rule that any illegally obtained evidence cannot br used at the court trial of the person from whom the evidence was seized |
Due Process | | The suppression of material deemed objectionable on moral, political, or other grounds |
Parole | | Disrespect for or willful disobedience of Congress |
Parochial schools | | A part of the First Amendment that prohibits the establishment of a church officially supported by the federal government |
Assembly | | The methods used by law enforcement officials to look for and collect evidence they need to convict individuals suspected of crimes as referred to the Fourth Amendment |
Petitions | | Deprive or diminish |
Contempt | | The practice of spying to obtain information about the plans and activities of a foreign power |
Shield Law | | A provision in the Constitution that states that the law must be carried out in a fair and orderly manner |
Symbolic speech | | The constitutional requirement that the government may not act unfair or arbitrarily |
Sentence | | Money that a prisoner may be required to deposit with a court to obtain his or her release and to guarantee that he or she will appear in court at a designated time |
Bad-tendency rule | | A jury that cannot agree unanimously on a verdict |
Free exercise clause | | The provision of the First Amendment that guarantees the free exercise of religion |
Espionage | | Legislative act that inflicts punishment on particular persons or groups without granting them the right to trial |
Seditious speech espionage | | The punishment imposed by a court of law on an individual who is found guilty of a crime |
Abridging | | The suspension of a criminal sentence by a judge on the grounds that the individual maintain good behavior and be supervised by a probation officer for a specified period of time |
Waived | | A verb expression of opinions, ideas, or beliefs combined with some sort of action such as marching or demonstrating |
Mistrial | | Sufficient evidence to believe that a crime has been committed |
Search and seizure | | The suppression of material deemed objectionable on moral, political, or other grounds |
Speech Plus | | Laws that protected reporters in courts of law against disclosing their sources and revealing other confidential information |
Procedural due process | | A trial that is canceled because the judge believes it has not been fair in some way |
Self-incrimination | | The obligation that rests with the prosecution to prove whether a defendant is guilty of a crime |
Bench trial | | A primary or secondary school supported by a religious organization |
Civil liberties | | Defamation of character in writing |
Burden of Proof | | Criminal cases in which the sentence might involve death penalty |
Censorship | | Providing damaging information or testimony against oneself in a court of law |
Clear and present danger rule | | A criminal law that made certain acts before the laws were passed |
Probation | | The expressionof beliefs, opinions, or ideas though forms other than speech or print |
Capital cases | | A trial before a judge, without a jury |
Hung jury | | An order issued by a court authorizing a public official to proceed in a specified manner, such as a search warrant |
Bail | | A request that individuals submit to government officials |
Denaturalization | | Individual rights protected by the constitution against the powers of the government |
Bill of attainder | | Speech intended to promote resistance to lawful authority and that especially advocates the violent overthrow of a government |
Censorship | | The rule or test, first proposed by Justice Oliver Wendell Homes, which holds that free speech cannot be limited unless it clearly endangers the society the government is designed to protect |
Libel | | A jury, consisting of six to twenty-three persons, that hears criminal charges against individuals and determines whether or there is enough evidence to justify holding a trial |
Warrant | | The doctrine holding that speech, religious practice, or other First Amendment freedoms may be permissibly curtailed if such expressions might lead to some "evil" |
Probable cause | | The release of a prisoner before the completion of his or her prison sentence |