Chapter 8 and 9 Government Vocabulary

Which amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishments and excessive bail?

What case said that government cannot stop an idea from entering the marketplace of ideas because it is offensive?

What is the term that represents the need for protection of printed materials for accidental inaccuracies?

What established a 5-day waiting period for handgun purchases to allow a background check?

Which amendment was the final version of the founder’s desire to have armed state militias that defended free states?

What case that protected publishers from being liable for printing accidental mistakes?

What was set up by the Supreme Court to prevent encroachment on government by religious institutions?

What was the case that held that state-sponsored prayer in public schools was not constitutional?

What required certain weapon registrations and taxes andrestricted the ownership of certain dangerous weapons?

What was the case that allowed local communities to define their own obscenity standards?

What is the term for the right to stop spoken or printed expression in advance?

What is the term for information presented with a reckless disregard for the truth or with the intent to defame?

What principle prevents the federal government from creating a national religion?

What case that decided individual gun ownership apart from a militia was a 2nd amendment right?

What is the term for false statements in print about someone that defames or damages their reputation?

What is test to determine balance between free expression and protecting society?

What is the term for language and images that are so offensive to the average citizen that governments have banned them?

What principle prevents the government from stopping religious practices?

What was the case that stated religioius reasons were sufficient for keeping kids out of compulsory education?

Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and warrants to enter a person’s home?

What term means personal freedoms protected from governmental interference or deprivations by constitutional guarantee?

What ended mail-order sales of firearms and ammunition and restricted gun ownership from certain high risk groups?

What was the case that helped develop a method to determine excessive entanglement between church and state?

What case that decided state law preventing the printing of radical propaganda violated freedom of the press?

What is the term for non verbal communications such as wearing an armband in protest or burning the flag?

What term means welfare or well-being of the general public?