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Section 1: Adding the Bill of Rights
Section 2: Protections in the Bill of Rights
Section 3: Interpreting the Bill of Rights
Gideon's Trumpet
Amendments
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A list of citizens rights
Bill of Rights
100
What are the five rights that make up the First Amendment?
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech (RAPPS)
100
the right to publish newspapers, magazines, and other materials without governmental restriction
freedom of the press
100
What crime was Gideon charged with?
burglary breaking and entering
100
Protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures
4th Amendment
200
The way in which changes are added to the Constitution
amendment process
200
being placed on trial twice for the same crime
double jeopardy
200
The Tinker case dealt with the right to protest what?
Vietnam
200
Why wasn't Gideon allowed to have a lawyer in the first trial?
Back then, in Florida, lawyers were only provided for criminals that could not afford them in CAPITAL cases
200
Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and punishments
8th Amendment
300
How many amendments are there to date?
27
300
The power to take private property for public use
eminent domain
300
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Tinker Case?
armbands were a form of "speech;" students were expressing first amendment rights, etc.
300
Once Gideon went to prison, what did he do?
Petitioned and wrote the Supreme Court
300
Protects the right to possess firearms
2nd Amendment
400
An amendment that is going to be ratified has to be approved by what fraction of states?
3/4
400
a process by which the government must treat accused persons fairly according to rules established by law
due process of law
400
What organization is devoted to defending citizens' rights under the First Amendment?
ACLU (Amercan Civil Liberties Union)
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Gideon stated that a retrial of his case would be double jeopardy. What amendment is this addressed in?
5th amendment
400
Guarantees that no one may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
5th Amendment
500
Amendments are proposed to be added to the Constitution by Congress. Who ratifies the amendments?
The states
500
The 7th amendment permits jury trials in civil cases where there are conflicts over __________ or ___________
property or money
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What case dealt with the right of Nazis to march?
The Skokie Case
500
Why wasn't Gideon's second trial a form of double jeopardy?
Because he appealed the case to the Supreme Court, so it had to be retried.
500
Declares that rights not mentioned in the Constitution belong to the people
9th Amendment