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| a person who finds it expedient to adapt to the opinions or behavior of the majority of people, esp. as a means of economic or political survival. |
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| either knowledge of a defamatory statement's falsity or a reckless disregard for the truth. |
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| the first act in a criminal proceeding, in which the defendant is brought before a court to hear the charges against him or her and enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. |
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| the view that most of the protections of the bill of rights apply to state governments throught the fourteenth amendment's due process clause. |
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| the part of the first amendment prohibiting the establishment of a church officially supported by the national government. it is applied to questions of state and local government aid to religious organizations and schools, the lefality of allowing or requiring school prayers, and the teaching of evolution versus intelligent design. |
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