I NEED TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH USEING THIS WORDS (I ONLY NEED TO USE 10 BUT YOU CAN USE MORE IF YOU WANT) Civil liberty freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

Civil of or relating to citizens

Free speech the right to say our opinions, in public or in private, without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those ideas

Censorship the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas

Petition a formal request for government action

Slander spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

Libel written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

Accused a person officially charged with a crime

Probable cause strong reasons to think that a person or property was involved in a crime

search warrant a court order allowing law-enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence

Indictment a document issued by a body called a grand jury that formally charges someone with a crime

double jeopardy putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously found not guilty

Self-incrimination giving evidence that could lead to one being found guilty of a crime

due process following established legal procedures

eminent domain the right of government to take private property for public use

Bail a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial

License a document granting the holder permission to do something

Retain to keep or hold secure

black codes laws from after the Civil War that kept African Americans from holding certain jobs, gave them few property rights, and limited their rights in other ways

Suffrage the right to vote

Conduct to carry out

poll tax a sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot