Civil Liberties

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

• Establishment Clause

• Free Exercise Clause

• Sedition Clause

• Schenck v. United States

A government preventing material from being published. This is a common method of limiting the press in some nations, but it is usually unconstitutional in the United States, according to the First Amendment and as confirmed in the 1931 Supreme Court case of Near v. Minnesota.

• prior restraint

• prior authority

• Prevention Act of 1928

• censorship

the First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice

• Free Exercise Clause

• Establishment Clause

• Sedition

• Prior Restraint

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation (defamation).

• Slander

• Libel

• Prior Restraint

• Sedition

Written defamation

• Slander

• Libel

• Sedition

• Treason

The crime of betraying one's country

• Sedition

• Libel

• Treason

• Slander

Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the government

• Sedition

• Libel

• Slander

• Treason

Supreme court decides that any actions taken that present a "clear and present danger" to the public or government isn't allowed, this can limit free speech

• Schenck v. United States

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

Using actions and symbols rather than words to convey an idea

• symbolic speech

• free speech

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a student's First Amendment right to engage in symbolic speech in school

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Schenck v. United States

• Miranda v. Arizona