1. Chapter 4
Government Structure

2. Do prisoners deserve rights, why or why not?
Do Now
Do prisoners deserve rights, why or why not?

3. Information
Amendments continue
Quiz this week
Project coming

4. Current Events Northern White Rhino - dies at San Diego zoo
Sandy Hook families sue
- suing gun manufacturer
that made the type of gun
used
- How does that work?
Northern White Rhino
- dies at San Diego zoo
- only 5 remaining in the
world

5. Do prisoners deserve rights, why or why not?
Do Now
Do prisoners deserve rights, why or why not?

6. 5th Amendment – Due Process
Based on Magna Carta
Deprivation of life, liberty,
property without due
process of law
- government must follow
rules
- cannot skip trials
- law must be fairly
applied

7. 5th Amendment – Grand Jury
Convened for “notorious” or “infamous” crimes
- consist of people
- decide if an indictment
is warranted
- determine whether to
proceed with prosecution
Serves as a check on
executive branch agents
- police, prosecutors

8. 5th Amendment – Self Incrimination
- may occur through
interrogation or
interview
- cannot be forced to
make statements
Miranda v Arizona
- “Miranda Rights”

9. 5th Amendment – Double Jeopardy
Cannot be tried twice
for the same crime
- this applies at the
Federal and State
level
Jeopardy of life or limb
- originally capital
cases
- applies to all crimes

10. 5th Amendment – Property Rights
Personal Property
- Is Private property
always private?
Eminent Domain
- private property taken
- just compensation
- covers all types of
property

11. 6th Amendment
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

12. 6th Amendment Speedy and public trial - cannot be held indefinitely
Right to an impartial jury
- selection by both sides
- change of venue
Right to know accusers
- question witnesses
- bring own witnesses
Right to an attorney

13. 7th Amendment
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

14. 7th Amendment In Federal civil cases…
- jury trial for cases valued at more than $20
Rules and procedures
- applicable to federal courts
State courts differ in practice

15. 8th Amendment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

16. 8th Amendment Excessive bail - definition is loosely interpreted
Excessive fines
- dependent on crime
Cruel and Unusual
Punishment
- highly debated

17. 8th Amendment – Cruel and Unusual Punishment
What does this mean?
Should the death penalty be eliminated in the United States as cruel and unusual punishment? (Journal Entry)

18. 9th Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

19. 10th Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

20. 10th Amendment Reserved Powers - Defines powers - Defines Federalism
- Defines States Rights
and Individual’s rights

21. Amendment wrap up
What have you learned about your “expressed” rights written in the Bill of Rights?
How did your view on the Amendments covered and your rights differ from your actual rights as defined within the amendment?