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Vocabulary

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Civil Liberties   individuals legal and constitutional prtoection from the government  
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Bill of Rights   the first ten amendments of the constitution  
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First amendment   established the four great liberties: Freedom of Press, of speech, of religion, and of assembly  
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Barron V. Baltimore   said the Bill of Rights only restrained the federal government  
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Gitlow V. Newyork   Said that the state must respect some first amendment rights  
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Fourteenth Amendment   gave former slaves legal protectiona nad voting rights  
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Due Process Clause   said states must respect first amendemt  
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incorporation doctrine   Nationalized Bill of Rights and made most of it realivent to the states  
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Establishment clause   "Congress shall make no law respecting an established religion"  
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Free exercise clause   prohibits the abridgement of citizens' freedom to worship or not to worship  
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Lemon V. Kurtzman   Supreme court ruled aid to church related schools 1) have a secular legislative purpose 2)niether promote or inhibit religion 3)Not foster an execessive government entaglement with religion  
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Zelman V. Simmons-Harris   Gave poor families vouchers to pay for religious school  
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Engel V. Vitale   Said school faculty couldnt recite prayers for classroom exercises  
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Pennsylvania V. Schempp   Said bible reading in school violated the establishment clause  
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Prior restraint   government actions that stop material from being published  
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Near V. Minnesota   protected the News papers from prior restraint  
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Schenck V. United States   convicted a socialist man who urged men to aviod being drafted in WW1. said limit of freedom of speech if it provokes a clear and present danger  
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Roth V. United States   ruled is not within protection of the constitution  
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Miller V. California   defined what was obscenity 1) "to be a prurient interest in sex 2) "Patently offensive" sexually 3)lacked "serious literacy, artistic, political, or scientific value"  
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Texas V. Johnson   said burning the American Flag was a form of speech  
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Symbolic Speech   doesn't contain writing or speech but still shows ones opinion  
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Zurcher V. Standford Daily    
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