Objective: To analyze the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights 1st Amendment: freedom of speech In 1965, 13-year old Mary Beth Tinker and her 15-year old brother John wore black armbands to school in Des Moines, Iowa. They wanted to show their mourning for people killed in the Vietnam War and their support for a truce at Christmas. Mary Beth, an eighth grade student at Harding Jr. High School was promptly suspended by her principal, who said no black armbands would be allowed.
The Bill of Rights 1st Amendment: freedom of religion
Quotations: Thomas Jefferson on the Freedom of the Press The Bill of Rights 1st Amendment: freedom of the press Quotations: Thomas Jefferson on the Freedom of the Press “…were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter…” --Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787. "Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light."--Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart. 1799.
The Bill of Rights 1st Amendment: freedom of assembly Handbill advertising a rally of the Association of Carolina Klans
The Bill of Rights 1st Amendment: freedom of petition
The Bill of Rights 2nd Amendment: right to bear arms https://vimeo.com/124075682
The Bill of Rights 3rd Amendment: quartering of soldiers
The Bill of Rights 4th Amendment: protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
The Bill of Rights 5th Amendment: protection from self-incrimination
The Bill of Rights 5th Amendment: protection from “double jeopardy”
The Bill of Rights 5th Amendment: protection from uncompensated eminent domain
must be indicted by a grand jury The Bill of Rights 5th Amendment: must be indicted by a grand jury Honolulu Weekly 9-11-02
The Bill of Rights 6th Amendment: right to a speedy trial by jury
The Bill of Rights 6th Amendment: right to a speedy trial by jury
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part I The Bill of Rights 6th Amendment: right to an attorney Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part I
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part II The Bill of Rights 6th Amendment: right to an attorney Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part II
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part III The Bill of Rights 6th Amendment: right to an attorney Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part III
The Bill of Rights 8th Amendment: protection from cruel or unusual punishment
The Bill of Rights 8th Amendment: protection from cruel or unusual punishment
The Bill of Rights 8th Amendment: protection from excessive bail or fines
The Bill of Rights 9th Amendment: Just because a right is not listed in the constitution doesn’t mean that you do not have that right. You have more rights than are listed in the constitution.
The Bill of Rights 10th Amendment: The Tenth Amendment explicitly states the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved to the states and/or the people If the constitution doesn’t give it to the Feds, then it belongs to the states.