Government Chapter 19

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Government / Chapter 19

• The Unalienable Rights

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Vocabulary

• Bill of Rights 1st 10 amendments of the
  constitution.
• Civil Liberties protections against government.
• Civil rights constitutional guarantees for all
  people.
• Aliens persons who are not citizens of a certain
  country, but live there.
• Parochial church related schools.
• Libel false and malicious use of printed words.
• Slander false and malicious use of spoken words.
• Shield Laws give reporters some protection
  against having to reveal their sources.
• Symbolic Speech an expression by some type of
  conduct.
• Picketing patrolling a business site in an
  attempt to inform the public.

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Vocabulary continued

• Guarantee of association- the right to gather
  with others to promote political, economic, and
  social causes.
• Treason- an act (actions or words) that speak
  against a country.
• Free exercise clause- protects the right to hold
  ones own religious beliefs.
• Establishment clause- sets up the separation
  between church and state.
• Due process clause- states cant deny the basic
  provisions of the Bill of Rights to their
  citizens.

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Key Concepts

• Each persons rights are relative to the rights
  of others.
• Rights often conflict with one another.
• Some rights may be limited in wartime.
• The Supreme Court has rarely upheld prior
  restraints (curbing an idea prior to it being
  expressed).
• The Supreme Court has upheld laws against
  seditious speech (speech that urges people to
  overthrow the government).
• The government has the right to protect against
  the inciting of violence and or the endangerment
  of life.
• Democracy must allow the freedom of expression or
  democracy does not exist.

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Key Concepts continued

• Commercial speech is protected by the 1st and
  14th amendments.
• Radio and Television has received the most limits
  of the 1st Amendment protection.
• Supreme Court has ruled that demonstrations on
  private property are not protected by the 1st
  Amendment if the demonstrators are trespassing.