Trials
After being found guilty of driving while intoxicated, the court ordered that Carolyn spend the next 30 years in solitary confinement.
( what amendment does this example exhibit )
what is the 8th amendment
What does the Ninth Amendment say about rights not listed in the Constitution?
what is there are rights beyond those listed.
what is capital punishment
what is the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.
Which of these is the purpose of the Bill of Rights
what is to limit the power of government
the right to a jury trial
what is the 7th amendment
1. Luke was found innocent of armed robbery, but the state decided to bring him to trial again anyway.
( what amendment does this example exhibit )
what is the 5th Amendment
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
what is 10
This amendment ended slavery in 1865
what is the 13th amendment
The Bill of Rights appears in what document?
what is the Constitution
the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay
what is the 6th amendment
In a civil trial where the dispute was more than $20, both sides were denied a jury trial
( what amendment does this example exhibit )
What is the 7th Amendment
This amendment says, "you don't have to let soldiers live in your house, except if there is a war, and even then only if Congress has passed a law about it."
what is the 3rd amendment
Which of the following is NOT included in the Fifth Amendment?
A. Eminent Domain
B. Right to due process
C. Right to a jury trial
D. Double Jeopardy
what is the right to a jury trial
Prevents double jeopardy and protects you from self-incrimination
What is The 5th Amendment
what amendment helps you protect yourself against a burglar using a firearm
what is the 2nd amendment
For no apparent reason, the police stopped Rita while she was driving and began to search through the trunk and her personal luggage.
( what amendment does this example exhibit )
what is the 4th amendment
Even though the Bill of Rights does not include the right to privacy, the Courts have said that this amendment protects it
What is the 9th amendment
Suffrage is
what is the right to vote
who inspired the bill of rights and who drafted it ?
Thomas jefferson , James Madison
The police have raided your house, but they do not have a warrant or the legal authority to do so. Why is this prohibited by the fourth amendment?
what is it provides you with the freedom from unreasonable searches and seizure
The US Attorney General ordered all American citizens to turn in their rifles and hand guns by noon on Saturday.
( What amendment does this exhibit )
what is the 1st amendment
What is meant by the "due process of law" included in the Fifth Amendment?
what is the government must follow rules as it carries out the law.
what is the opening paragraph of the constitution
what is the preamble
when was the bill of rights written and ratified
what is 1791
what is the the name for a change or addition to the constitution
what is an amendment