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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

AP Gov Chapter 3 Key Terms

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Chapter 4 Civil Liberties and Public Policy Key Terms bill of rights fourteenth amendment incorporation doctrine free exercise clause libel commercial speech unreasonable searches and seizures exclusionary rule self-incrimination plea bargaining cruel and unusual punishment civil liberties first amendment due process clause establishment clause prior restraint symbolic speech probable cause search warrant fifth amendment sixth amendment eighth amendment right to privacy
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Supreme Court Cases to remember for Apush exam

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SUPREME COURT CASES Marbury v. Madison (1803, Marshall). The court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws, the principle is known as judicial review (see also Federalist Papers, 78). Fletcher v. Peck (1810, Marshall). The decision stems from the Yazoo land cases, 1803, and upholds the sanctity of contracts. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819, Marshall). The Court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.

Government In America (12th) Chapter 4 Questions

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Chapter 4 Outline How did the basic interpretation of the Bill of Rights change from the cases Barron v. Baltimore (1833) to Gitlow v. New York (1925)? Barron v. Baltimore- the 1833 Supreme Court decision holding that the bill of rights restrained only the national government, not the states and cities. Gitlow v. New York- Incorporated 1st Amendment right of Free Speech to the states, using the 14th Amendment. This case started the incorporation doctrine, the legal concept under which the SC has nationalized the bill of rights by making most of its provisions applicable to the states through the 14th Amendment. Explain the importance of the 14th Amendment to the legal guarantees of the freedoms in the Bill of Rights.

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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Name: AP U.S. Government and Politics Mr. Fern?ndez Unit 9 ? Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Key?Terms General ? Bill of Rights: First ten amendments in the Constitution; limitation of the federal government. ? Selective incorporation: The bill of rights is understood to have been present to regulate the federal government and federal government only according to some people. Others believe that the 14th amendment requires states to adhere to the bill of rights. The courts use ?selective incorporation? to uphold individual clauses within each amendment and rejecting other clauses as inapplicable with the state government. ? Substantive rights: What the government can and cannot do ? cannot
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