Bill of Rights 1
What is the First Amendment?
The freedom of speech, religion, and press
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 Amendments
This Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms
The 7th Amendment
This Amendment allows people to gather in groups
The 1st Amendment
What are the five freedoms listed under the First Amendment
The freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion
This amendment protects your from unreasonable searches and seizures
The 4th Amendment
This Amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment
The 8th Amendment
What Amendment allows newspapers and other agencies to report or print the news?
The 1st Amendment and the right of press
This allows Police to legally arrest, search, or seize
A warrant
The people may peacefully do what?
Assemble
A group of citizens who decide on a court case
The Jury
What are unnumerated rights
The rights of the people
If a defendant cannot afford one of these then they will be appointed one
A lawyer
What does impeach mean?
To charge with misconduct
What does don't have enough quarter soldiers mean?
Don't have enough houses or feed for soldiers
This allows people to ask the government to correct the ideas they do not agree with
Freedom of petition
What does right to bear arms mean?
Rights to protect yourself using a weapon
What does double Jeopardy mean?
When proven innocent in a crime, you cannot be tried twice for that same crime
This gives you the right to know the charges faced against you
6th Amendment
How many votes are in the senate
2 votes
What does due process mean?
People get a trial by jury so a lawyer is provided
What is the difference from a civil and criminal case?
A civil case is when someone sues someone else, a criminal trial is when the state tries to convict you of a crime
What is the upper house in the legislative branch?
The Senate
What does eminent domain mean?
That the government cant take away your land without paying you for it first
What does the ninth amendment say about rights not listed in the constitution
Other rights and liberties not in the constitution are kept by the people