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| Specifically banned in the Constitution under Article I. |
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| A type of right protected by the Constitution that includes freedom of expression and freedom from arbitrary arrest and prosecution. |
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| A constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right not to have soldiers forcibly quartered in your home. |
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| A Supreme Court ruling that further asserted that certain rights apply to the states. |
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| The First Amendment clause prohibiting an official religion |
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| The prohibition against the use of illegally obtained evidence in court |
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| Portion of the Fourteenth Amendment stating that no state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property.” |
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| The First Amendment clause guaranteeing religious freedom |
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| A modification of the exclusionary rule allowing evidence in a trial even though it was obtained without following proper legal procedures if the police believed a defective warrant was valid when executed. |
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| A doctrine that expanded the scope of permissible expression by holding that restriction on the right of expression must utilize the least restrictive means to achieve its ends. |
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| Harming another by publishing defamatory statements. |
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| A Supreme Court case that led to rules that police officers must follow in warning arrested persons of their rights. |
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| A phrase used to describe keeping church and state apart. |
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| A court-devised doctrine that expanded the scope of permissible expression by holding that courts will rarely allow the government to censor in advance any speaking or writing. |
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| A 1961 Supreme Court case used by the court to enhance the exclusionary rule in order to enforce a variety of constitutional guarantees. |
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| The right not to be compelled to give evidence against oneself. |
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| Term used to describe when the police have a good reason to believe that a crime has been committed and the evidence bearing on that crime will be found at a certain location. |
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| Increases federal powers to investigate terrorists. |
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| A form of expression not protected by the Constitution that allows the punishment of an illegal action so long as government’s aim is not to suppress speech, but only to punish the act itself. |
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