1st Amendment
The establishment clause of the First Amendment prohibits the establishment of a state-sponsored one of these.
What is religion?
This term refers to the intentional or unintentional act of providing information that will suggest your involvement in a crime, or expose you to criminal prosecution.
What is self-incrimination?
This is a trial decided by a group of normal and unbiased citizens from your area, which you have a right to if you want.
What is a jury trial?
This constitutional amendment protects the right of Americans to own firearms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
To ensure the protection of this right, we have a civic duty to serve on juries when called upon.
What is the right to a jury trial?
This First Amendment right guarantees that people will not be prohibited from getting together in groups of similar interests.
What is the right to peaceful assembly?
This term refers to being charged and tried for the same crime after one has already been acquitted of that crime.
What is double-jeopardy?
You have a right to one of these, even if you can't afford one, which means that you will get some amount of legal counsel.
What is an attorney / a lawyer?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
To ensure the protection of this right, we have a civic responsibility to be informed about issues and candidates up for election.
What is the right to vote?
This right guarantees that journalists cannot be censored or punished for investigating and reporting on the actions of the government.
What is freedom of the press?
These rights should be read to you by an arresting officer, and they mostly come from the 5th Amendment.
What are Miranda Rights?
This right ensures that you won't be kept waiting endlessly for your court date and that your trial won't be held in secret.
What is a speedy and public trial?
This amendment prohibits the use of cruel and unusual punishment against a convicted criminal, no matter how heinous the crime.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Citizens who enjoy the protections of this amendment have a responsibility to keep their firearms safely stored.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This right is limited by exceptions against defamation of others' character and threats of violence or harm.
What is the right to free speech?
This is the price that the government must pay when they want to take someone's private property for a legitimate public use.
What is a fair market value?
You or your lawyer have a right to confront and ask questions of these individuals in your trial.
Who are witnesses?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable amounts set for bail and fines to be paid.
Nobody likes to do it, but this is a civic duty that goes along with the enjoyment of shared public goods, such as roads, public parks, and the protection of police and fire departments.
What is paying taxes?
This right would allow you to write an angry letter to your elected officials about why you think they're slacking.
What is the right to petition the government?
This term refers to each person's right to their "day in court", and respecting all the legal rights that our system affords.
What is due process?
The 6th Amendment gives you the right to force a witness to do this at your trial.
What is testify?
This amendment was included in the Bill of Rights because James Madison was worried that by enumerating certain rights, any rights that were not named would be ignored by the government.
What is the 9th Amendment?
This is the month that tax returns are due to the IRS.
What is April?