ROW 1
That excessive Bayle ought not to be required nor excessive Fines imposed nor cruell and unusuall Punishments inflicted —English Bill of Rights, 1689
What is the Eighth Amendment?
What natural rights are listed in the Declaration of Independence?
life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
A fundamental principle of government necessary for the protection of individual rights.
hint:(a principle of limited government)
The rule of Law
What did the traffic light say to the car?
Don't look, I'm about to change.
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. —Ninth Amendment, U.S. Constitution
That people have other rights not listed in the Constitution
While the US Constitution can be amended in various ways, which method has been used most often?
Proposed in congress and ratified by state legislatures
Prohibits unreasonable search and seizures
4th amendment
What day is the Homecoming dance?
Saturday Oct 5th
The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. There is nothing in the history of its adoption to suggest that it was more than declaratory of the relationship between the national and state governments as it had been established by the Constitution before the amendment or that its purpose was other than to allay fears that the new national government might seek to exercise powers not granted, and that the states might not be able to exercise fully their reserved powers. — United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941
The 10th amendment
By adopting the Bill of Rights, the Founding Fathers demonstrated a belief in the importance of?
Individual Rights
What group of people are protected by the 5th amendment?
people accused of a crime
If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?
The 4 you took away
The 3rd amendment says:
Freedom from forced quartering of soldiers
Why is a written constitution important to limited government?
It provides the purposes of the government and defines the rights of citizens.
How does the 9th amendment protect individual rights?
Citizens have rights not listed in the Constitution
If you had only one match and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some kindling wood, and a newspaper, which would you light first?
the match
I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. The 1st amendment protects this.
The individual's right to think freely.
Belief in individual rights Belief in universal equality Belief in the protection of minority rights
Principles reflected in the founding documents of the US
The Founding Fathers chose to ensure religious freedom in the First Amendment in to protect against what?
Protect against a government- sponsored religion
It's at the end of time, and its in the beginning,
You won't find it in the past, but you will in the future,
It exists in every object, but you won't find it in anything.
What is it?
The letter "E"