Fact # 1

If you knew this, you know more than 7 out of 10 adults

                                

      

 

Fact # 2

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

To protect citizens from the government

Amendment 1

• Freedom of Speech• Freedom of Religion • Freedom of the Press• Freedom of Assembly• Freedom of Petition

Threaten to blow up airplanes, schools or the president

Sexual harassment Create too much social chaos Extremely crude language in a public forum Disrespectful, vulgar language in schools Hate crimes

Free speech – The individual can:

• Say any political belief

• Protest (without getting out of control)

• Say things about someone that are true

• Burn the flag

• Say racist and hate slogans

• Free speech means someone might say something you disagree with

Freedom of the pressCan Cannot

• Print any political position

• Make fun of people, especially politicians

• Expose wrongs by the government

• Say things you might not agree with

• Libel– intentionally injuring a person’s reputation by false facts

• Disclose defense-security secrets

• Detail how to make a certain weapons

Freedom of Assembly

• Congress shall make no law . . . Abridging . . . The people to peaceably assemble”

Freedom of Assembly-IndividualCan Cannot

• Protest

• Parade (with a permit)

• Parade chanting hate slogans

• Gang members can congregate in public

• Protest by throwing rocks and breaking windows

• Hang out on private land against owners will—loitering

• Teen curfew

Establishment Clause—Government cannot promote

religion

• Teach about religions in school

• Allow voluntary prayer in many examples

• Transport students to a religious school

• Read Bible for culture or literacy content

• Set a state religion • Government cannot

order a prayer• Teach religious

doctrine in the school• Pay seminary

teachers• Teach creationism

Establishment Clause - Government

CANS CANNOTS

Free Exercise—The personCan Cannot

• Choose whatever religion

• Lead a prayer in most examples

• Ask questions about religions

• Worship who ever you want

• Break the law and claim it is religious belief

• Raise children without education

• Deprave children of basic needs

2nd Amendment

— Right to bear arms— Have to have a permit to carry a

gun

Third Amendment

No quartering of troops

The Government cannot force you to shelter soldiers in your home without your consent in time of war or peace.

Rights of the Accused Amendments # 4 - 8

Important to maintain freedom

Fourth Amendment- Freedom from illegal

search & seizure

– Must have a warrant from a judge to search your property and/or home

– Probable cause/good reason is needed

Fifth Amendment

• “Double Jeopardy”: You cannot be tried for the same crime twice

–Example: O.J. Simpson was innocent and cannot be tried again for the two murders even if he is guilty

• Self-Incrimination: You do not have to testify against your self because you may admit something while on the stand. “I plead the fifth”

(Continued) 5th Amendment• You must have due process of law before you

are convicted. – This includes all the steps taken from

apprehension until the date you are sentenced or set free

• Eminent Domain: The government can take your property as long as they pay you for it-You may sue to receive more money from the government

• Indicted by a Grand Jury: Group that decides whether there is enough evidence to have a trial

– Example: The jury is called in for a murder case, they are to be given the evidence and decide whether or not the case will go to trial

5th Amendment

S elf-IncriminationI ndicted by a Grand JuryD ue ProcessE minent DomainD ouble Jeopardy

Sixth Amendment

• Right to a speedy and public trial

• Right to an impartial jury of your peers

• Right to have witnesses

• Right to an attorney

Seventh Amendment• Rights to a jury trial in civil cases

-Person vs. Person

Eighth Amendment

• No excessive bail/fines

• No cruel and unusual punishment

Prisoner kissing his Mom in prison

Ninth Amendment

• Powers reserved to the PEOPLE

-Covers items that might not be mentioned in #1-8

Tenth Amendment

• Powers reserved to the STATE

(Federalism)

Civil War Amendments#13, 14, 15

13th Amendment (1865)

• Abolished Slavery

14th Amendment (1868)“Equal Rights Amendment”

• Made all African-American citizens• Defined U.S. citizenship• Gave Due Process to the states

1870

Gave black males the right to vote

16th Amendment (1913)

The Federal Government can collect taxes on income

April 15th TAX DAY

18th Amendment (1919)

Prohibits alcohol being sold in the United States

1920 Allowed Women the Right to VOTE

21st Amendment (1933)

• Repeal of the 18th Amendment

• Prohibition of Alcohol End

22nd Amendment (1951)

• Limits the president to 2 terms in office (8 years)

• FDR was elected 4 times & served 13 years before his death

1966 The abolishment of

the Poll Tax No longer had to pay to vote

1971 Changes voting age from

21 to 18

Vietnam War

What Amendment Is this an Example of?

• "Public schools can neither foster religion nor preclude it. Our public schools must treat religion with fairness and respect and vigorously protect religious expression as well as the freedom of conscience of all other students.”

– The First Amendment

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• The town hall wants to display a nativity scene on the front lawn during the week before Christmas.

Amendment 1 — No law respecting the establishment of a religion.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• The local police bugged a telephone of a man who was suspected of dealing drugs. With that information, they obtained a warrant and searched the house, finding enough material to have him arrested and charged.

Amendment 4 — The right to be secure in their houses against unreasonable searches.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• College students at an anti-war demonstration burn a United States flag to show their disagreement with the government’s stand.

Amendment 1 — Freedom of speech.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• A woman claims her right to an education, but the judge points out that “education” is not in the Bill of Rights.

Amendment 9 — The enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny others.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• During a field test for alcohol sobriety, a woman drops her purse and police see a large roll of money inside. When the officer lifts out the money to ask the woman about it, he also sees marijuana cigarettes and several crack vials. He arrests her on possession of an illegal substance.

Amendment 4 — The right to be secure in their effects against unreasonable search and seizure.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• A father who says he is an nonbeliever and objects to the school having his student say the Pledge of Allegiance daily because it contains the words “under God.”

Amendment 1 — No law respecting the establishment of a religion.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• During a two week trial for murder, the judge and several of the local police force who worked on the case all have lunch daily with the jury.

Amendment 6 — The right to an impartial jury.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• Amish parents in Hartville, Ohio, will not send their children to school beyond the eighth grade because their religion tells them to be “separate from the world.” That’s against state law that requires education until the age of 16.

Amendment 1 — No law respecting the establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• The state of Michigan decides that doctor-assisted suicide is legal.

Amendment 10 — The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• A beaten homeless man is in the hospital. It’s not guaranteed that he will live. Police take the two teens suspected of beating him to the hospital to be identified by the man rather than waiting for an official line up.

Amendment 5 — The right to due process of law.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• Civil War enactors, in full uniform, are arrested in the diner where they met for breakfast. The charge is carrying firearms in public.

Amendment 2 — The right to bear arms.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• After a terrorist attack, it is necessary to move National Guard, extra police, medical technicians, teams of specialists and rescue personnel into your city. These people take over a local school and the large apartment building next to it in order to have a central organizational point, moving people out into shelters temporarily.

Amendment 3 — No soldier shall be quartered in any house.

What Amendment is this an Example of?

• A woman testifies against someone by videotape because it is impossible for her to be at the trial herself.

Amendment 6 — The right to be confronted with the witnesses against him.