KNOW YOUR AMENDMENTS
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures and generally requires a warrant or probable cause for a search.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Police enter your house and search it even though they have no warrant or probable cause. Which amendment is most directly involved?
What is the Fourth Amendment?
All ten amendments in the Bill of Rights were ratified in this year.
What is 1791?
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that students do not lose all First Amendment rights when they enter a public school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This amendment protects against double jeopardy and protects a person from being forced to testify against themselves.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This amendment says that soldiers cannot be quartered in a person's home without the owner's consent.
What is the Third Amendment?
A person is arrested and refuses to answer a question because answering could cause them to incriminate themselves. Which amendment protects this right?
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This Amendment (1-8) has never been legislated upon by the United States Supreme Court
This case established that detained criminal suspects must be informed of their rights before police questioning, including their right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear firearms.
What is the Second Amendment?
This amendment says that people have rights beyond those specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
A defendant wants a speedy and public trial and wants to confront the witnesses accusing them. Which amendment provides these protections?
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This First Amendment freedom allows people to gather together, including for protests.
What is the freedom of assembly?
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that a person charged with a felony who cannot afford an attorney has the right to legal counsel.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This amendment protects the right to a jury trial in federal (civil) court.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
This amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
A person receives an extremely harsh punishment that could be considered cruel and unusual. Which amendment would be most relevant to this situation?
What is the Eighth Amendment?
A public school newspaper contains articles that school officials believe are inappropriate. This case established that school officials may censor school-sponsored publications when the decision is reasonably related to a legitimate educational purpose.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier?
This case involved illegally seized evidence and established that such evidence could not be used in a state criminal trial.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
This amendment says that powers not specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the states or the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial, the right to an attorney, and the right to know the charges against you.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
A person is named in a civil suit that exceeds a value of $5 million, and requests a jury. Which amendment would be most relevant to this situation?
What is the Seventh Amendment?
The Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia. Name the case.
What is District of Columbia v. Heller?
In this case, the Supreme Court found that the death penalty was unconstitutional when applied in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner.
What is Furman v. Georgia?