1. Amendment 1 Freedom of Religion The “free exercise” clause:
Freedom of Religious
Expression
Woody case—peyote
Busing to Catholic schools
Lemon case
No “establishment of religion”:
Separation of Church and State
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof”

2. Amendment 1 Freedom of Petition—
Petition on Afghanistan
Freedom of Petition—
right to send a written document to an official requesting a change of some sort
Writing a letter to legislator is a petition
“Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people…to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.”

3. Amendment 2 The right to bear arms— the right to own guns Dog shot
Chris Rock
The right to bear arms—
the right to own guns
NPR—2nd Am.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

4. Amendment 3 Cannot be forced to house soldiers
“No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent
Of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.”

5. Amendment 4 Right to no illegal searches or seizures
Mapp v. Ohio: Searced for porn found cocaine
Car searches
CA v. Greenwood
N.J. v. T.L.O.
“The right of the people to be secure…against unreasonable searches and
Seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable
Cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
Searched, and the person or things to be seized.”