PLS 101- Final Exam
Amendments protecting the accused - correct answer ✔✔4th, 5th, 6th, 8th
bad tendency test - correct answer ✔✔Interpretation of the First Amendment that would permit
legislatures to forbid speech encouraging people to engage in illegal action.
Bill or Rights - correct answer ✔✔First 10 amendments to the Constitution
Civil Liberties - correct answer ✔✔Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
clear and present danger test - correct answer ✔✔law should not punish speech unless there was a clear
and present danger of producing harmful actions
commerical speech - correct answer ✔✔communication in the form of advertising; can be restricted
more than many other types of speech
Due Process - correct answer ✔✔fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a
citizen's entitlement.
Establishment Clause - correct answer ✔✔Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may
not establish an official religion.
exclusonary rule - correct answer ✔✔a rule of evidence, illegally seized items should be excluded from
or suppressed from trial, even if law enforcement does an illegal search and don't find anything but
information leads them to evidence it is still suppressed
Free Exerise Clause - correct answer ✔✔Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall
make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
, free-expression clauses - correct answer ✔✔The press and speech clauses of the First Amendment.
Habeas Corpus - correct answer ✔✔An order to produce an arrested person before a judge.
Incorporation - correct answer ✔✔A process that extended the protections of the Bill of Rights against
the actions of state and local governments
Lemon Test - correct answer ✔✔The three-part test for Establishment Clause cases that a law must pass
before it is declared constitutional: it must have a secular purpose; it must neither advance nor inhibit
religion; and it must not cause excessive entanglement with religion.
Libel - correct answer ✔✔written defamation
marketplace of ideas - correct answer ✔✔the public forum in which beliefs and ideas are exchanged and
compete
Miranda Rights - correct answer ✔✔A list of rights that police in the United States must read to suspects
in custody before questioning them, pursuant to the Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona.
prior restraint - correct answer ✔✔government censorship of information before it is published or
broadcast
public figure - correct answer ✔✔A public official, movie star, or other person known to the public
because of his or her position or activities.
right to privacy - correct answer ✔✔The right to a private personal life free from the intrusion of
government.
selective incorporation - correct answer ✔✔The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are
brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.
Slander - correct answer ✔✔spoken defamation
Amendments protecting the accused - correct answer ✔✔4th, 5th, 6th, 8th
bad tendency test - correct answer ✔✔Interpretation of the First Amendment that would permit
legislatures to forbid speech encouraging people to engage in illegal action.
Bill or Rights - correct answer ✔✔First 10 amendments to the Constitution
Civil Liberties - correct answer ✔✔Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
clear and present danger test - correct answer ✔✔law should not punish speech unless there was a clear
and present danger of producing harmful actions
commerical speech - correct answer ✔✔communication in the form of advertising; can be restricted
more than many other types of speech
Due Process - correct answer ✔✔fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a
citizen's entitlement.
Establishment Clause - correct answer ✔✔Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may
not establish an official religion.
exclusonary rule - correct answer ✔✔a rule of evidence, illegally seized items should be excluded from
or suppressed from trial, even if law enforcement does an illegal search and don't find anything but
information leads them to evidence it is still suppressed
Free Exerise Clause - correct answer ✔✔Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall
make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
, free-expression clauses - correct answer ✔✔The press and speech clauses of the First Amendment.
Habeas Corpus - correct answer ✔✔An order to produce an arrested person before a judge.
Incorporation - correct answer ✔✔A process that extended the protections of the Bill of Rights against
the actions of state and local governments
Lemon Test - correct answer ✔✔The three-part test for Establishment Clause cases that a law must pass
before it is declared constitutional: it must have a secular purpose; it must neither advance nor inhibit
religion; and it must not cause excessive entanglement with religion.
Libel - correct answer ✔✔written defamation
marketplace of ideas - correct answer ✔✔the public forum in which beliefs and ideas are exchanged and
compete
Miranda Rights - correct answer ✔✔A list of rights that police in the United States must read to suspects
in custody before questioning them, pursuant to the Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona.
prior restraint - correct answer ✔✔government censorship of information before it is published or
broadcast
public figure - correct answer ✔✔A public official, movie star, or other person known to the public
because of his or her position or activities.
right to privacy - correct answer ✔✔The right to a private personal life free from the intrusion of
government.
selective incorporation - correct answer ✔✔The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are
brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.
Slander - correct answer ✔✔spoken defamation
