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civil liberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference or unfair legal treatment |
censorship | banning of printed materials or fils due to alarming or offensive ideas |
petition | a formal request for government action |
slander | spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation |
libel | written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation |
search warrant | a court order to allow law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence |
indictment | formal charge by a grand jury |
grand jury | a group of citizens that decides weather there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime |
double jeopardy | putting someone on trial for a crime that he or she was previously acquitted |
due process | following established legal procedures |
eminent domain | the right of government to take private property for public use |
bail | a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial |
suffrage | the right to vote |
poll tax | a sum of money required by voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot |
discrimination | unfair treatment based on prejudice for a certain group |
segregation | social separation of races |
civil rights | the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
affirmative action | programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities |
racial profiling | singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance or ethnicity |