Statistics for Government and Politics Terms (Chapter 5)

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Term	Definition	% Correct
equal protection of the law	a standard of equal treatment that must be observed by the government	100%
prior restraint	censorship of a publication	100%
selective incorporation	court cases that apply the Bill of Rights to states	100%
due process of law	denies the government the right, without due process, to deprive people of life, liberty, and property	100%
clear-and-present-danger test	law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions	100%
freedom of religion	people shall be free to exercise their religion, and government may not establish a religion	100%
freedom of expression	right of people to speak, publish, and assemble	100%
libel	writing that falsely injures another person	100%
search warrant	a judge's order authorizing a search	0%
symbolic speech	an act that conveys a political message	0%
good-faith exception	an error in gathering evidence sufficiently minor that it may be used in a trial	0%
wall of separation	court ruling that government cannot be involved with religion	0%
establishment clause	First Amendment ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion"	0%
free-exercise clause	First Amendment requirement that law cannot prevent free exercise of religion	0%
exclusionary rule	improperly gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial	0%
probable cause	reasonable cause for issuing a search warrant or making an arrest; more than mere suspicion	0%