Know the Amendments
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This principle explains why most rights are not unlimited.
What is public safety or the common good?
Originally, the Bill of Rights applied only to this level of government.
What is the federal government?
Freedom of speech means you can say anything anywhere.
What is the reality that speech can be reasonably limited?
A student peacefully wears a political shirt to school.
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Rights can be limited if exercising them causes this.
What is harm to others or society?
This right allows citizens to criticize the government without fear of punishment.
What is freedom of speech?
The Bill of Rights protects you from private businesses.
What is the Bill of Rights limits government actions?
Police search a home without a warrant or clear reason.
What is a Fourth Amendment violation?
This amendment guarantees protection in civil lawsuits involving disputes over money.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
Free speech may be limited based on these three factors.
What are time, place, and manner?
This system divides power between the national government and the states.
What is federalism?
Police always need a warrant to search someone.
What is the reality that there are exceptions?
A suspect refuses to answer police questions without a lawyer.
What is the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination?
This amendment protects states’ powers not given to the federal government.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This requirement must usually exist before police can obtain a warrant.
What is probable cause?
This amendment guarantees jury trials in civil cases over $20.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
Myth: Rights in the Constitution are absolute.
What is the reality that rights can be limited?
A judge sets an extremely high bail for a minor crime.
What is a violation of the Eighth Amendment?
This amendment explains that listing certain rights does not mean others are denied.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
This standard requires the government to justify limits on individual freedoms.
What is justification or a compelling government interest?
This constitutional idea means individuals have rights simply by being human.
What are natural rights?
Myth: The Constitution lists all the rights Americans have.
What is the reality that unenumerated rights exist?
The government claims that because a right is not written in the Constitution, it does not exist.
What is a violation of the Ninth Amendment?