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Protecting Our Rights: Understanding the 1st Amendment and Legal Procedures in the US

Explore how the 1st Amendment guarantees freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, petition, and press. Learn about "Separation of Church and State," assembly guidelines, petition rights, National Guard's role, search warrants, due process, indictment process, self-incrimination protection, double jeopardy, eminent domain, public defenders, and plea bargaining in the US legal system.

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Protecting Our Rights: Understanding the 1st Amendment and Legal Procedures in the US

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  1. CH 9 Section 2. The Bill of Rights

  2. The 1st Amendment guarantees us the freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, petition and the press.

  3. “Separation of Church and State” guarantees our freedom of religion.

  4. Assembly • This means to hold meetings. Citizens must do so in a legal and peaceful manner.

  5. Petition • To make a formal request of the government. This is every US citizen’s right.

  6. The National Guard • This organization has replaced militias in serving states’ protection needs.

  7. Search warrant is a judge’s order authorizing a search of property.

  8. Due process is the fair application of the law. Guidelines to protect the rights of the accused.

  9. Indictment • To formally accuse someone of a crime.

  10. To refrain from testifying against your self in court is called pleading or taking the 5th.

  11. Double jeopardy • Being tried for the same crime more than once. This is anti-constitutional.

  12. Eminent domain • The government’s right to take personal property to further the public interest.

  13. A public defender is a lawyer that is paid for by the government for the accused that can’t afford one.

  14. To plea bargain is to claim guilt of a lesser offense so as to avoid conviction of a greater offense.

  15. The way that many states were carrying out the Death Penalty was ruled by the Supreme Court to be “cruel and unusual punishment”.

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