Civics Unit 2 Vocab Review

Front

Spoken untruths harmful to reputation

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slander

Front

Harmful written untruths

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libel

Front

Established legal procedures

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due process

Front

Ninth Amendment's unwritten rights of citizens

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unenumerated rights

Front

Document from a grand jury charging someone with a crime

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indictment

Front

Court order for police to bring a prisoner to court to explain detention

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writ of habeas corpus

Front

Law punishing a person accused of a crime without trial or fair hearing

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bill of attainder

Front

A person from a legislator's district

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constituent

Front

A law passed by Congress

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act

Front

Gives Congress the right to make laws "necessary and proper" for its powers

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elastic clause