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Chapter 15: Freedom: The Struggle for Civil Liberties

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	refer to constitutional provisions, laws, and practices that protect individuals from certain types of government interference.

	The primacy of rights over other rights in the body of the Constitution was reinforced for more than a century by judicial interpretation.

	The Supreme Court gradually interpreted the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to those liberties in the Bill of Rights that it deemed fundamental to democracy.

	Instead of total incorporation, the Supreme Court has pursued incorporation of the Bill of Rights.

	The Carolene Products footnote announced that most legislative enactments would fall under scrutiny by the courts, presuming their constitutionality.

	scrutiny is the assumption that the actions of elected bodies and officials that violate "equal protection" or other constitutional rights are unconstitutional.

	was a significant decision by the Supreme Court since it represented the first major case incorporating the Bill of Rights.

	The standard guiding free speech is the doctrine.

	The prohibition of prior on publication is fundamental to freedom of the press.

	The legal term for pornography is .

	What is obscene is determined by a three-part test articulated by the Supreme Court in .

	The Supreme Court has determined that in order to avoid establishing religion, a law must pass the .

	The prevents police and prosecutors from using evidence gained through warrantless and unreasonable searches to convict people.

	warnings provide procedural guarantees designed to help people exercise their right against self-incrimination.

	The right to counsel is guaranteed in the Amendment.

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