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Learning Recovery – Monday, Jan. 237th Period

Project Martin Luther King Jr.

JuanElizabethDonovanAlexAbelBrittanyKimberly

1st Amendment – 5 Freedoms

(5) 1. A. SpeechB. ReligionC. AssemblyD. PressE. Petition


2. To threaten someone, yell fire in a crowded movie theater, yell bomb at the airport, write untruths about someone


3. Jail, fines, sued


4. Sacrifice, polygamy


(2) 5. 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

2nd Amendment – Right to Bear Arms

(1) 1. They can not be infringed upon

2nd Amendment – Right to Bear Arms

2. Grace period; felons can’t own guns; concealed weapons

3rd Amendment – Quartering of Soldiers

(1) Quartering Act – before the Revolution colonists were forced to house British soldiers

4th Amendment – Search and Seizure

(4) 1. persons, houses, papers, and effects

4th Amendment – Search and Seizure

(1) 2. The date, what they expect to find, the location, a judge’s signature, and the area to be searched

5th Amendment: Fair Trial in Open Court

(2) 1. 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


(1) 2. Legal accusation returned by a grand jury, charging the commission or omission of some act, which is punishable by law


(1) 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


4. 12 to 23


5. True bill = enough evidence to go to trial

No true bill = not enough evidence


(1) 6. Means a person can not be tried twice for the same crime


(1) 7. Nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself


(1) 8. The right of the accused to be treated fairly and according to the law

6th Amendment: The Rights of a Person in Court

1. Held in the district where the crime took place


2. So secret witness cannot bear witness against the accused


3. Subpoena

7th Amendment: Jury Trials

1. $20

7th Amendment: Jury Trials

2. a. Where there was a question on a point of law

b. Where there has been a technical injustice in the court procedure.

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.


2. Intolerable Acts – closed the port of Boston; officials accused of crimes stood trial in Britain

Salem Witch Trials – hanged for accusation of witchcraft


3. Death penalty = opinion

9th Amendment: Other Rights

1. Right of Privacy; education; work where you want

9th Amendment: Other Rights

2. 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

10th Amendment: Rights of the States

1. Given to the states and to the people of the states

ex. Divorce laws, speed limits, marriage laws

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Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment IIA well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment IIINo soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IVThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment VNo person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VIIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VIIIn suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIIIExcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IXThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment XThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

HomeworkWrite a summary over an article that discusses one

of the first ten amendments. Make sure you include the following:

1. Title and date the article was written/printed2. The amendment being protected or violated

(number and description)3. Summarize the article. Include at least 3

significant details4. The author and his/her point of view3. Your opinion of the article.

Homework

Ex.On January 18, 2012 the Star Telegram ran a story

about the Westborough Baptist church protesting at military funerals. This story discussed our first amendment right of freedom of speech. According to the Constitution Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. Our government can not take away our right to state our ideas and opinions.

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