Bill of Rights

What are your First Amendment Rights?

Freedom ofFreedom ofFreedom ofRight to Peacefully ________ Right to _____________the Government

First Amendment

Freedom of speechFreedom of religionFreedom of the pressRight to peacefully assembleRight to petition the government

Second Amendment“The right to keep and bear arms”

Third Amendment

Prohibits quartering (housing) soldiers during time of peace

They did not want a repeat of what the British had done to the colonists!

Fourth Amendment

Based on the right that people and their property should be secure

• Protection against unreasonable search and seizures

• Search warrants required – describe place and persons or things to be seized

• Must have probable cause

Fifth Amendment“I plead the fifth…”

Protection of citizen’s rights with regard to crime Criminal defendants have right to a grand

jury trial for an indictment (formal accusation)

Protects an accused person from self-incrimination (having to testify against oneself)

Protects people from double jeopardy Guarantees due process of law No property can be taken without just

compensation (payment) Government has the right of eminent domain

Sixth Amendment

Right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury

You have the right to… Hear the charges against you Have an attorney Confront your accusers Call your own witnesses

Seventh Amendment

In civil cases– A right to trial by jury in certain kinds of cases involving money ($20 or more) or property

Eighth AmendmentEighth Amendment

The court cannot set excessive bail

Cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden

Death penalty?

To Summarize 4,5,6,7,8 Amendments

Warrant needed for search

Indictment needed for trial

Double JeopardyDo not have to self-

incriminateDue ProcessSpeedy Trial

Public TrialFair JuryHear accusationsRight to an attorneyRight to have

witnessesNot excessive bailNo cruel or unusual

punishment

Ninth Amendment

Some rights are not listed in the Constitution

Just because they are not there doesn’t mean you don’t have them….

Right to privacy? Not in the constitution, but you can still claim these rights

Tenth Amendment Tenth Amendment

There are powers that are not specifically given to the federal government They belong to the states Or they belong to the people This means the states can act independently of

the federal government -- “Reserved Powers”