Term
|
Definition
| The government suppression of American leftists after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A Federalist bill of 1789 criminalizing criticism of government |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A 1940 act criminalizing the advocacy of violent revolution |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A 1950 act requiring the registration of all communists |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A 1954 denying legal rights to the Communist Party |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Term which describes the process whereby the Supreme Court applies provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states |
|
|
Term
| "clear and present danger" test |
|
Definition
| A supreme Court formula to legitimate the abridgment of the right of free speech |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Harming another by publishing defamatory statements |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Category of individuals who must show material is false and printed with actual malice to win a libel case |
|
|
