Amendments 1
This Amendment concerns Civil Court Trials.
What is the 7th Amendment?
The right to a well-regulated militia and right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
Author of the Bill of Rights aka as the Father of the Constitution?
Who is James Madison?
Putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime.
What is Double Jeopardy?
This Amendment concerns the process of Criminal Court Trials.
Amendment which had more relevance during Revolutionary times due to the quartering of soldiers.
What is the Third Amendment?
Famous Federalist from Massachusetts who played a key role in the promotion of the Bill of Rights and the adoption of the Constitution.
Who is John Hancock?
A person who is required to defend himself or herself in a legal action.
Defendant
This Amendment states that "no cruel or unusual" punishments should be given out.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This Amendment protects citizens from unlawful searches.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This person issues search warrants and oversees trials.
What is a judge?
An order from a judge that authorizes police or other officials to take a certain action, such as searching someone's property
What is a Warrant?
Powers not explicitly mentioned in the constitution reserved to the states, aka, the Reserved Powers Clause.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Powers not explicitly mentioned in the constitution reserved by the people such as privacy.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
What is green?
Giving testimony that can be used against oneself.
What is Self-Incrimination.
The First Amendment guarantees:
-Freedom of Religion
-Free Speech
- Freedom of _____
-Right to Assemble
-Right to _______
What is Press?
What is Petition?
The Fifth Amendment Includes:
- Right to _____ ____
- Protection from Double Jeopardy
-Protection from ____ _____________
-Guarantee of innocence until proven guilty
-Just Compensation for Public Property
What is a Grand Jury?
What is Self-Incrimi?ation>
Founding Father who urged for the creation of a Bill of Rights stating "the people are entitled to against every government on earth..."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The concept that the government must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law.
What is Due Process?