Bill of Rights
What do we call the first 10 amendments?
The Bill of Rights
What do we call a group of citizens who decide on a court case?
a jury
This amendments gives citizens the right to bear arms, the right to own a gun
What is the second amendment
Guarantees a right to a jury trial in civil cases
What is the 7th Amendment
Issued by a court or judge, this Allows the police to legally arrest, search or seize
What is a warrant
List the 5 freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment?
What is speech, assembly, petition, press, religion?
Protects you from an unreasonable search or seizure of your person, house, papers and effects.
What is the 4th Amendment
This amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishments
What is the Eighth Amendment
This allows newspapers and other agencies to report or print news and express opinions
What is freedom of the press
You hold a large protest at the local city park.
What amendment protects this right?
What is freedom of assembly, the 1st Amendment?
An Army officer demands to spend the night in your house. What amendment protects you?
3rd Amendment
A judge sentences citizens to the electric chair for not wearing seatbelts.
This violates what amendment?
What is the 8th Amendment
What does the ninth Amendment say about rights not listed in the Constitution?
Other rights and liberties not listed in the Constitution are kept by the people
This allows people to ask the government to correct the ideas they do not agree with
What is freedom of petition
If a defendant cannot afford one of these, one will be provided for them by the government
What is a lawyer
You are driving with your friends in your car and are stopped by the police. What amendment protects you from an unreasonable search?
The fourth amendment
The Constitutional Amendment that gives you "the right to remain silent."
What is the 5th Amendment
Your high school forces you to recite a school prayer each morning.
What amendment protects your rights?
1st Amendment - Freedom of Religion
The government takes your home to build a road.
This violates what amendment?
5th amendment - Eminent Domain
The sheriff takes away your shotgun because you like the Dallas Cowboys.
What amendment is being violated?
What is the 2nd Amendment?
You've been waiting ten years for your trial to begin. What amendment protects your right to a speedy trial?
6th Amendment
What is the Constitutional Amendment that prevents citizens from being forced to quarter soldiers?
What is the 3rd Amendment?
When proven innocent, you cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy?
What does due process mean?
the government must act fairly and follow established legal rules
people get a trail by jury
a lawyer is provided
Amendment that explains the Government only has the powers listed in the Constitution, all other powers are reserved for the states
What is the 10th Amendment