Rights Riddles
I'm silent but powerful, When police ask tough questions, I'm your trusted friend.
What is the Fifth Amendment? (Right to remain silent/against self-incrimination)
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of ________, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Answer: What is "religion"? Amendment 1
In North Korea, students can only access government-approved websites and social media is banned. Which American right would protect you from this restriction?
Answer: What is the First Amendment? (Freedom of speech/expression)
Your teacher thought your bag look sus, so they searched it. This was allow due to what "exception" to the Fourth Amendment.
School/Under 18 Exception
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Amendment 5
Double Jeopardy - Cant be charged twice for the same crime.
I ensure your home remains your castle. No uninvited guests in uniform may cross your threshold.
What is the Third Amendment? (No quartering soldiers)
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the ___ to keep and bear Arms...."
Answer: What are "People"? Amendment 2
In Singapore, chewing gum is banned with hefty fines for those caught with it. This might seem strange to Americans because which amendment protects us from "excessive fines"?
Answer: What is the Eighth Amendment?
You and your fellow students are sick and tired of the bland lunch room pizza and have organized a protest. Every student is wear a sticker protesting for change saying "Give me better pizza or give me death"
What right (of which amendment) are they practicing
Right to Petition/Protest - First admenment
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Amendment 3 - Right to deny quartering of solider s
A invisible guardian of your belongings, undone with a fancy paper, while the Authorities peek.
What is the Fourth Amendment? (Protection against unreasonable searches,)
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without ____ ______ . (2 WORDS)
"just compensation." Amendment 5
In Russia, authorities can enter and search people's homes without permission or warning to look for "prohibited materials." What American right prevents this from happening here?
What is the Fourth Amendment? (Protection against unreasonable searches)
Your school punishes you for a harmless political post on social media outside of school hours. Which amendment might protect your off-campus speech?
Answer: Freedom of speech - First Amendment?
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Fifth - Right to Due Process
Not one, hater, but 12 natural peers, may listen and decide your fate!
What is the 6th Amendment? (Right to trial by unbiased jury)
"The right of the people to be ________ in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."
Answer: What is "secure"? Amendment 4
In some countries, police can force suspects to confess to crimes by making them uncomfortable or scaring them. What amendment gives Americans the right to remain silent?
Answer: What is the Fifth Amendment? (Protection against self-incrimination)
Whomp Whomp
Those 12 are never gonna hear your case! It was only worth $19 Bucks.
the 7 "...where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved..."
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Freedom of the Press (Amendment 1)
Though not all listed with the founding ink, These nameless liberties rest not in 1 power, but in 50.
Answer: What is the Tenth Amendment? (Powers reserved to the states)
"Excessive ________ shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
Answer: What is "bail"?
After the 2023 protests in Iran over women's rights, the government punished many citizens, even executing protesters without fair trials. What are two amendments seek to prevent this?
Answer: What are the
1st and 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th Amendments?
(Right to assembly and right to trial)
"Hey, the warrant just said to search the "gray house on the hill, where should i start... Its a big house!"
Which Amendment might solve this problem and how?
The 4th "no Warrants shall issue, but upon.... particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"
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9th Amendment - Certain rights of people still protected even if not explicitly written down in Constitution.