Civics: Bill of Rights Vocabulary

The right to say your opinions, in public or private, without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those ideas.

• Civil Liberty

• Free Speech

• Censorship

• Petition

The banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas they contain

• censorship

• Free Speech

• petition

• slander

A formal request for government action

• petition

• slander

• libel

• censorship

Spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

• slander

• libel

• censorship

• free speech

Written or printed untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

• libel

• slander

• censorship

• double jeopardy

A person officially charged with a crime

• accused

• bail

• libel

• indictment

A strong reason to believe that a person or property was involved in a crime.

• search warrant

• probable cause

• indictment

• slander

A court order allowing police to search property and seize evidence

• search warrant

• probable cause

• indictment

• double jeopardy

A document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime.

• indictment

• search warrant

• probable cause

• double jeopardy

Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously found innocent

• double jeopardy

• censorship

• indictment

• slander