The Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights• First _________ Amendments to the U.S. Constitution• Part of the agreement with anti-Federalists to secure

ratification of the Constitution• 12 Amendments were proposed by Congress on

___________________________________• On ___________________, 10 of these Amendments

were ratified by the states, becoming the Bill of Rights– One of the other two would finally be ratified in 1992, becoming the 27th

Amendment– The other one is still unratified, to this day

First Amendment• ___________________ Freedoms-Freedom of:

– ____________- ______________-_____________– _________________- _______________________

• ____________________________ clause – government cannot establish ________________________

______________________; separation of ______________ and state; different from other countries like Islamic Iran or China that discourages religion

• ____________ ____________________clause – protection of _______________________ right to worship

and believe w/out government interference

First Amendment• Free Speech

– _________________:• ___________________

to blow up airplanes, schools, or the president

• Sexual _______________• Create too much social

__________________• Extremely crude language

in a _________________ forum

• Disrespectful, vulgar language in ___________

• _______________ crimes

• Free Speech– __________________:

• Say any ______________ belief• Protest (without getting out of

control)• Say things about someone that

are true• Burn the ________________• Say _____________________ &

hate slogans

• Free speech means someone might say something you disagree with.

First Amendment• Free Speech

– Limits for ______________________:• Public school students _________________ give up

their right to free speech/expression when they enter a public school; however, through various rulings the state & Supreme Courts have allowed school officials to ____________________________ certain types of student expression.

– School officials may _________________ speech that substantially disrupts the school environment or that invades the rights of others.

– School officials can restrict student speech that is __________– School districts _________ have the right to set dress

code/uniform requirements/restrictions.

First Amendment

_____________• ________________ –

intentionally injuring a person’s reputation by ______________ facts

• Disclose ___________ government secrets

• Detail how to make a certain _____________

__________• Print ___________

political position• ________________ of

people, especially politicians

• _____________ wrongs by the government

• Say things you might not agree with

Freedom of the ___________________:

First Amendment• Freedom of _____________________

– Congress shall ________________________. . . Abridging . . . The people to peaceably assemble.”

First Amendment

________________• Protest by throwing

____________ & breaking ____________

• Hang out (______________) on private land without owner’s permission

__________• _______________ • Parade (with a

______________)• Parade chanting

hate slogans• Gather in public

Freedom of Assembly

__________________ the Government

• “Congress shall make no law . . . Abridging . . . the people. . . to __________________ the government for a ______________________ _____ _________________________ .”

First Amendment

_________________ the government

• You may ___________ the government for wrongs.• You cannot be ________________________ for

exposing wrongs by the government.• The __________________ decide the wrongs.

First Amendment

Second Amendment

• Guarantees the right to _______________ & ________________ arms

• Needed for well-equipped citizen army for its own _______________________

Second Amendment• Debate between _______________ and our 2nd

amendment rights has led to continual argument• the _________________ ______________ has ruled

that the federal and state governments can ______________________ any weapon types not having a "reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia"

Third Amendment• __________________ the

_______________________ of soldiers in peacetime w/out dweller’s consent– Not really applicable anymore, but it was important

when the Bill of Rights was crafted

Fourth Amendment• __________________ unreasonable searches and

seizures of persons or property• Probable cause

– reasonable grounds to believe that a suspect has committed a crime before making an arrest

• Search warrant • court order that authorizes police to search the scene of a suspected

crime

• Sometimes referred to as the “________________” amendment, even though the word privacy isn’t in it

Fifth Amendment• __________________ rights to:

– Trial by _____________ - due ________________ of law – Fair payment when private property is taken for public use

• Due process of law – government may not act unfairly or unreasonably; federal government

cannot deprive citizen of “life, liberty, property” without reason– ___________________-laws must be carried out by a method that is fair, orderly, &

reasonable– ____________________-laws themselves must be reasonable

• ________________:– Compulsory ______________--__________________________-“Take

the 5th;” can’t testify against yourself– Double jeopardy-being tried twice for the ___________________ same

crime

Sixth Amendment• Guarantees rights to people ________________ ___________

____ _________________:– ________________________ and public trial by impartial jury– Right to _________________________________ against you– Counsel (________________)

• ___________________:– The accused person (or their lawyer) to ____________________

___________________________ witnesses against him/her– _____________________ testimony from witnesses in his/her favor

• Miranda v. Arizona (1966) – must be clearly informed of your rights before conviction

(____________________ ___________________)

Seventh Amendment• Guarantees the right to have a _______________ by

________________ in civil cases involving __________________ or more– Not very applicable any more, and can be waived, but when

the Bill of Rights was crafted, $20 was a lot of money

Eighth Amendment• ____________________:

– __________________________ bail and fines– __________________ and

__________________________ punishments

Ninth Amendment• The people have ______________________ in

____________________ to those specified in the Constitution

Tenth Amendment• Powers neither _____________________ to the

national government nor _______________________ to the states are _______________________to the states or to the people