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Tuesday, Jan. 17

Tuesday, Jan. 17. Get out your Bill of Rights Packet. 1 st Amendment – 5 Freedoms. (5) 1. A . Speech B. Religion C. Assembly D. Press E. Petition. 1 st Amendment – 5 Freedoms.

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Tuesday, Jan. 17

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  1. Tuesday, Jan. 17 • Get out your Bill of Rights Packet

  2. 1st Amendment – 5 Freedoms (5) 1. A. Speech B. Religion C. Assembly D. Press E. Petition

  3. 1st Amendment – 5 Freedoms 2. To threaten someone, yell fire in a crowded movie theater, yell bomb at the airport, write untruths about someone

  4. 1st Amendment – 5 Freedoms 3. Jail, fines, sued

  5. 1st Amendment – 5 Freedoms 4. Sacrifice, polygamy

  6. 1st Amendment – 5 Freedoms • Petition = formal request to a superior or one in authority for some favor, privilege, or redress of a grievance Assembly = to gather or bring together

  7. 2nd Amendment – Right to Bear Arms 1. They can not be infringed upon

  8. 2nd Amendment – Right to Bear Arms 2. Grace period; felons can’t own guns; concealed weapons

  9. 3rd Amendment – Quartering of Soldiers Quartering Act – before the Revolution colonists were forced to house British soldiers

  10. 4th Amendment – Search and Seizure 1. persons, houses, papers, and effects

  11. 4th Amendment – Search and Seizure 2. The date, what they expect to find, the location, a judge’s signature, and the area to be searched

  12. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court • Capital Crime = death penalty is a punishment Infamous crime = a serious crime such as murder, rape, or robbery but the death penalty is not a punishment

  13. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court 2. Legal accusation returned by a grand jury, charging the commission or omission of some act, which is punishable by law

  14. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court 3. To decide if a person should be tried in a federal court; they examine the evidence against the accused to determine if there is enough evidence against him to merit a case going to court

  15. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court 4. 12 to 23

  16. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court • True bill = enough evidence to go to trial No true bill = not enough evidence

  17. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court 6. Means a person can not be tried twice for the same crime

  18. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court 7. Nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself

  19. 5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court 8. The right of the accused to be treated fairly and according to the law

  20. 6th Amendment: The Rights of a Person in Court 1. Held in the district where the crime took place

  21. 6th Amendment: The Rights of a Person in Court 2. So secret witness cannot bear witness against the accused

  22. 6th Amendment: The Rights of a Person in Court • Subpoena

  23. 7th Amendment: Jury Trials 1. $20

  24. 7th Amendment: Jury Trials • a. Where there was a question on a point of law b. Where there has been a technical injustice in the court procedure.

  25. 8th Amendment: Excessive Bail and Punishment 1. Security given to the court to obtain the temporary release of a prisoner and guaranteeing his appearance at a designated time.

  26. 8th Amendment: Excessive Bail and Punishment • Intolerable Acts – closed the port of Boston; officials accused of crimes stood trial in Britain Salem Witch Trials – hanged for accusation of witchcraft

  27. 8th Amendment: Excessive Bail and Punishment 3. Death penalty = opinion

  28. 9th Amendment: Other Rights 1. Right of Privacy; education; work where you want

  29. 9th Amendment: Other Rights • Article I Section 8 describes the necessary and proper clause (elastic clause) which is the basis for the implied powers or laws that aren’t listed in the Constitution ex. Health Care

  30. 10th Amendment: Rights of the States • Given to the states and to the people of the states ex. Divorce laws, speed limits, marriage laws

  31. Homework Find an article in the newspaper or the internet that has to do with one of the first 10 amendments. Summarize the article and tell me which amendment it describes and why.

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