AMENDMENTS
The provisions of the First Amendment (3)
-freedom of religion
-freedom of speech
-freedom of assembly and petition
The Court case which implemented the exclusionary rule
Mapp v Ohio
Protects against excessive fines and bail and against cruel or unusual punishments
Eight amendment
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Ninth Amendment
"I plead the Fifth"
right to remain silent
The amendment that guarantees the right to privacy
Ninth Amendment
The case that outlawed the use of school prayers
Engel v Vitale
extends the right to an attorney to the states
Sixth Amendment
"In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."
Seventh Amendment
The Amendment that guarantees the right to an impartial jury
Sixth Amendment
The Supreme Court case that outlawed polygamy
Reynolds v US
guarantee against double jeopardy
Fifth Amendment
"i]f there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable."
Texas v Johnson
a judge or court may compel those holding a prisoner to produce the prisoner and prove that they have legally incarcerated the individual
writ of habeas corpus
The Amendment that contains the first due process clause
Fifth Amendment
The case where the Court ruled that police did not need a warrant when evidence was in "plain sight"
Minnesota v Carter
The Smith Act of 1940
Second Amendment
"a symbolic expression of support" for candidates is not unconstitutional
Buckley v Valeo
The Amendment that prevents the use of writs of assistance
Fourth Amendment
The Court case which laid down the idea that a confession cannot be used against a defendant if it was obtained illegally (not allowing the suspect to consult an attorney)
Escobedo v Illinois
Three provisions not incorporated into the 14th amendment's due process clause
-Right to keep/bear arms
-grand jury
-trial by jury
-quartering of troops
"[n]ervous, evasive behavior is a pertinent factor in determining reasonable suspicion...flight is the consummate act of evasion"
Illinois v Wardlow
affirmed the constitutionality of a buffer zone
Madsen v Woman's Health Services