Bill of Rights
What do we call the first 10 amendments?
The Bill of Rights
What do we call a group of citizens who decide on a court case?
a jury
This amendments gives citizens the right to bear arms, the right to own a gun
What is the second amendment
This amendment guarantees a right to a jury trial in civil cases
What is the 7th Amendment
Issued by a court or judge, this Allows the police to legally arrest, search or seize
What is a warrant
List the 5 freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment?
What is speech, assembly, petition, press, religion?
A High School football coach led his players in prayer after each game. He was disciplined by the school district in a case that reached the Supreme Court. Which clause was used to accuse him, and which did he use to defend himself?
What is the establishment clause and the religious expression clause
Why can't courts sentence criminals to be drawn and quartered, as used to be done in England?
What is the Eighth Amendment
This right allows newspapers and other agencies to report or print news and express opinions
What is freedom of the press
What is freedom of assembly?
This allows people to gather in groups.
He wrote the first 12 amendments?
James Madison
You are told you must wait 3 years for a trial by a jury.
This violates what amendment?
What is the 6th Amendment
What does the ninth Amendment say about rights not listed in the Constitution?
Other rights and liberties not listed in the Constitution are kept by the people
This allows people to ask the government to correct the ideas they do not agree with
What is freedom of petition
If a criminal defendant cannot afford one of these, one will be provided for them by the government
What is a lawyer
You are driving with your friends in your car and are stopped by the police. What amendment protects you from an unreasonable search?
The fourth amendment
The Constitutional Amendment that gives you "the right to remain silent." (It also says you can't be tried twice for the same crime or be deprived (not given) of life, liberty or property without "due process of law".)
What is the 5th Amendment
What might cause a protester to lose his first amendment right to assemble and petition the government?
What is if the protest is not peaceable, or if it obstructs a federal officer.
What provision of the 5th Amendment is used by the government when they wish to build a road through your house?
Which amendment spells out the fact that our Federal Government has limited powers?
What is the 10th Amendment
What are laws called that all 50 states must follow?
federal laws
What is the Constitutional Amendment that prevents citizens from being forced to quarter soldiers?
What is the 3rd Amendment?
What is double jeopardy?
When not found guilty once, you cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
What does due process mean?
What is trials must follow whatever process has been defined, including at least a trial by jury and that a lawyer is provided to those without means to hire one.
A police officer pulls you over for speeding and swerving all over the road. He tells you that he is going to search your car. Why aren't you protected by the fourth amendment
What is "probable cause"