1. Objective: To analyze the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.

2. 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.

3. Demonstration, Philadelphia, 1983
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
freedom of religion
Demonstration, Philadelphia, 1983

4. 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

5. The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
freedom of assembly
Handbill advertising a rally of the Association of Carolina Klans 

6. The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:
freedom of petition

7. The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment:
right to bear arms

8. The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment:
right to bear arms

9. The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment:
right to bear arms

10. The Bill of Rights
3rd Amendment:
quartering of soldiers

11. Courtesy of Stu’s Law Cartoons
The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment:
Courtesy of Stu’s Law Cartoons
protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

12. The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment:
protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

13. The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment:
protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

14. The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment:
protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

15. protection from self-incrimination
The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
protection from self-incrimination
Stu’s Law Cartoons

16. The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
protection from “double jeopardy”

17. cartoon courtesy of Mike Keefe, The Denver Post & InToon.com
The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
protection from uncompensated eminent domain
cartoon courtesy of Mike Keefe, The Denver Post & InToon.com

18. must be indicted by a grand jury
The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment:
must be indicted by a grand jury
Stu’s Law Cartoons

19. The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
right to a speedy trial by jury

20. The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
right to a speedy trial by jury

21. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part I
The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
right to an attorney
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part I

22. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part II
The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
right to an attorney
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part II

23. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part III
The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
right to an attorney
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part III

24. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part IV
The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment:
right to an attorney
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part IV

25. The Bill of Rights
7th Amendment:
right to a trial by jury in civil cases (a lawsuit between two people rather than between you and the government)

26. The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment:
protection from cruel or unusual punishment

27. protection from excessive bail or fines
The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment:
protection from excessive bail or fines
Stu’s Law Cartoons

28. The Bill of Rights
9th Amendment:
rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution cannot be denied to the people
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

29. The Bill of Rights
10th Amendment:
All powers not given to the federal government should be left up to the states or to the people.