objective: to analyze the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights
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Objective: To analyze the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. United States Bill of Rights currently housed in the National Archives. The Bill of Rights. 1 st Amendment:. freedom of speech. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Objective: To analyze the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
United States Bill of Rights currently housed in the National Archives.
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
Demonstration, Philadelphia, 1983
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:• freedom of the press
"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.
“…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.
Quotations: Thomas Jefferson on the Freedom of the Press
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:• freedom of assembly
Handbill advertising a rally of Klansmen in Wichita, Kansas.
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment:• freedom of petition
2nd Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• right to bear arms
2nd Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• right to bear arms
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3rd Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• quartering of soldiers
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4th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
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4th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
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4th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
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5th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection from self-incrimination
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5th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection from “double jeopardy”
5th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection from uncompensated eminent domain
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5th Amendment:
The Bill of Rights
• must be indicted by a grand jury
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6th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• right to a speedy trial by jury
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6th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• right to an attorney
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
7th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• right to a trial by jury in civil cases (a lawsuit between two people rather than between you and the government)
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8th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection from cruel or unusual punishment
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8th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• protection from excessive bail or fines
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9th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• 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.”
10th Amendment:The Bill of Rights
• All powers not given to the federal government should be left up to the states or to the people.
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