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_____ restrict government action to protect individual rights.

Initially, the Bill of Rights only protected citizens’ rights from violation by _____ government(s).

The extension of protections from the Bill of Rights to the state governments, one right at a time, is called _____ incorporation.

The right to _____ is never directly mentioned in the Constitution.

In 2003, the Supreme Court extended the right of privacy to same-sex couples by striking down _____.

The _____ Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

The Sedition Act of 1798 relates to freedom of/from _____.

The _____ test was created in Schenck v. United States (1919).

_____ is/are defined as hostile statements based on someone’s personal characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.

Prior _____ is defined as the legal effort to stop speech before it occurs—in effect, censorship.

The Nixon administration attempting to stop publication of the Pentagon Papers demonstrates the principle of prior _____.

In Miller v. California(1973), the Supreme Court created a test for judging a work to be

The _____ Amendment protects people from government officials bursting into their houses and conducting unreasonable searches and seizures.

The _____ rule states that evidence obtained in an illegal search may not be introduced in a trial.

_____ is the principle that an individual cannot be tried twice for the same offense.

You have the right to remain silent” is the first of four _____ warnings

The _____ Amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial decided by an impartial jury.

The _____ is often criticized for trampling individual civil liberties in the name of enhancing national security.

A large and growing concern of citizen privacy surrounds the collection of _____.

_____ refers to the principle that government does not violate the Establishment Clause as long as it does not confer an advantage to some religions over others.