Glossary

Due Process Clause

a provision in both the Fifth (applies to federal government) and Fourteenth Amendments (applies to states) that guarantees individuals protection of the right to notice and being heard when they may be deprived of life, liberty, or property; protections against equal protection violation, and the protection of fundamental rights.

Dyslexia

a learning disability characterized by difficulties with word recognition, and poor spelling and decoding abilities.

Emancipate

To free enslaved people.

Equal Protection

The idea that a government must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances.

Equal Protection

the idea that a government must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances

Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no state may deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Eugenics

the scientifically inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations

Eulogy

A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.

Exclusionary Rule

states that evidence obtained unconstitutionally through unreasonable search and seizure cannot be used at trial

Executive privilege

the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government, described in Article II of the Constitution.