Bill of Rights Vocabulary

Civil Liberty

• the freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

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

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

• a formal request for government action

Petition

• the freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

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

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

• a formal request for government action

Censorship

• the freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

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

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

• a formal request for government action

Free Speech

• the freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

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

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

• a formal request for government action

Slander

• written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

• spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

Libel

• written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

• spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

Accused

• a person officially charged with a crime

• a strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime

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

• a document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime

indictment

• a person officially charged with a crime

• a strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime

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

• a document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime

Probable Cause

• a person officially charged with a crime

• a strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime

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

• a document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime

Double Jeopardy

• a person officially charged with a crime

• a strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime

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

• a document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime