Bill of Rights 2023

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Miranda v. Arizona

Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.

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Gideon v. Wainwright

A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government

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Plessy v. Ferguson

a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal

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Brown v. Board of Education

1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.

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Tinker v. Des Moines

Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive

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Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that the First Amendment does not protect all types of student speech in school.

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freedom of the press

the right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty

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freedom of assembly

the right to hold meetings and form groups without interference by the government; guaranteed in the First Amendment

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Freedom of Petition

the right to present requests to the government without punishment.

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eminent domain

Power of a government to take private property for public use.

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Habeas Corpus

Having the evidence and charges to known to a person arrested

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due process

fair treatment through the normal judicial system

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Establishment Clause

Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may not establish an official religion.

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9th Amendment

Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution

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10th Amendment

Powers Reserved to the States

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13th Amendment (1865)

Abolishes and prohibits slavery

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14th Amendment

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws. Defines the laws for citizenship.

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15th Amendment (1870)

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.

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19th Amendment

Gave women the right to vote

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Suffrage

the right to vote

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precedent

How similar cases have been decided in the past.

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Civil Disobedience

A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.

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Judicial Branch

Has the ability to rule something unconstitutional.

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Civil cases

Cases that have to do with money and non-criminal things.

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