Questions and Answers
A person decides to write a petition to stop a waste water treatment center from building near his/her town. What amendment are they exercising?
Amendment 1
The police come to your house and arrest your father for having a gun which he legally owns. What amendment has been violated?
Amendment 2
The government forces you to house 5 soldiers in your home. What amendment does not allow this?
Amendment 3
A police officer pulls you over for speeding. He has you step out of the car and then searches it. He has no warrant or probable cause. What amendment protects you from this?
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A person is found not guilty of armed robbery. The courts decide to try him again. What amendment does not allow this?
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You choose to have your civil case heard by a jury. What amendment have you used?
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A person is arrested but never sees a judge or courtroom. He is kept in jail for 18 months. What amendment was violated?
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A person is sentenced to death for murder. The governor chooses to let the person be executed by having him thrown out of an airplane. What amendment has been violated?
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The government says that no one in America is allowed to wear the color blue anymore. What amendment says the government cannot do this?
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The government says that states can't decide to build roads in their state. What amendment has been violated?
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Study Notes
Amendment 1
- Protects freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petitioning the government.
- Petitioning against local environmental issues, such as wastewater treatment centers, is a direct exercise of this amendment.
Amendment 2
- Ensures the right to keep and bear arms.
- Any legal ownership of firearms should not result in unlawful arrest or violation of rights by law enforcement.
Amendment 3
- Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.
- Protects personal privacy and the sanctity of one's home from government intrusion.
Amendment 4
- Guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
- Requires law enforcement to have a warrant or probable cause before performing a search, such as in the case of a traffic stop.
Amendment 5
- Establishes protections against double jeopardy, which prevents an individual from being tried for the same offense after a not guilty verdict.
- Safeguards personal rights during criminal proceedings.
Amendment 6
- Guarantees the right to a fair trial, including the right to a jury.
- Ensures that defendants can have their civil cases heard by an unbiased jury.
Amendment 7
- Ensures the right to a jury trial in civil cases exceeding a specified value.
- Protects individuals from prolonged detention without judicial oversight, as illustrated by someone being jailed for an extensive period without seeing a judge.
Amendment 8
- Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments as well as excessive bail.
- Extreme forms of execution that are considered inhumane violate this amendment.
Amendment 9
- States that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.
- Protects individual liberties from government overreach, such as arbitrary laws restricting personal freedoms like clothing choices.
Amendment 10
- Reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people.
- Ensures states maintain the authority to make their own decisions on matters like infrastructure, such as building roads.
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