Chap 5

The government suppression of American leftists after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

A Federalist bill of 1789 criminalizing criticism of government.

A 1940 act criminalizing the advocacy of violent revolution.

A 1950 act requiring the registration of all communists.

A 1954 act denying legal rights to the Communist party.

Term which describes the process whereby the Supreme Court applies provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states.

A Supreme Court formula to legitimate the abridgement of the right of free speech.

Harming another by publishing defamatory statements.

Category of individuals who must show material is false and printed with actual malice to win a libel case.

A government action to prevent rather than punish certain expressions.

The supposed superiority of rights of expression over other constitutional rights.

The use of only minimal measures to restrict potentially dangerous expression.

Case in which the Supreme Court decided to apply the exclusionary rule to state and local law enforcement officers.

The First Amendment clause guaranteeing religious freedom.

The First Amendment clause prohibiting an official religion.

Justice who argued the First Amendment protects all publications, even wholly obscene ones.

A teaching on the origin of the world found to be religiously inspired.

A period during the public school day when students get religious instruction.

The prohibition against the use of illegally obtained evidence in court.

A written authorization to police officers to conduct a search.

The legal basis for the issuance of a search warrant.

A Supreme Court case that led to rules that police officers must follow in warning arrested persons of their rights.

Individual who first penned the phrase "wall of separation" in a private letter.

One who refuses military service on religious or ethical grounds.

Case in which the Supreme Court first applied the First Amendment to the states.

Part of the First Amendment protecting freedom of speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

Part of the First Amendment protecting the free exercise of religion and prohibiting an establishment of religion.

Admission of illegally obtained evidence if illegality results from a technical or minor error.

Legal term suggesting something was published with reckless disregard for the truth, or with the knowledge that it was false.

An act that conveys a political essage, such as burning a draft card to protest the draft.

An interpretation of part of the First Amendment that prevents government involvement with religion.