AP Gov Unit 3 Other Vocab

Freedom of expression

The right to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through media without government retaliation or censorship.

Symbolic speech

The use of nonverbal actions or objects to express a message or opinion, such as protests, marches, or wearing armbands.

Slander

An untrue spoken expression that injures a person’s reputation (as opposed to written).

Obscenity and pornography

Content that is overly sexual and offensive based on community standards and is thus not protected by the First Amendment

Procedural due process

The government must follow fair procedures before depriving a person of life, liberty and property

Warrant

A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing law enforcement to carry out an action relating to justice (eg arrest, search)

Probable cause

A legal standard that law enforcement must meet to conduct a search, arrest, or obtain a warrant; there must be a sufficient reason to believe that evidence of a crime will be found

Double jeopardy

An individual acquitted of a crime being charged with the same crime again in the same jurisdiction

Legal segregation/de jure segregation

The separation of groups by race, religion, or ethnicity that is enforced by law (such as Jim Crow laws)

De Jure segregation

De Facto segregation

The segregation of people based on race, etc., that exists in reality as opposed to because of law.

Social movement

An organized effort by a group of people to bring about social, political, or economic change through lobbying and protests, often with a goal of equality

Civil disobedience

When citizens publicly, actively, and nonviolently decide to disobey laws that they consider unjust, often to promote social or political change.