welcome to the bill of rights!. our rights are relative, not absolute!
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Welcome to theBill of Rights!
Our rights are relative,not absolute!
Though listed in the Bill of Rights, our rights are clarified through
case law, or legal precedents: The decision in one case serves as a
guide for similar cases.
Freedom of expression.
1st Amendment:Freedom of Speech (Expression)
Free Exercise of ReligionSeparation of Church and State
Right to PetitionRight to Assemble
“I’m applying for the pre-school job you posted.”
Who is to say what beauty is?
Obscenity? Inciting violence?
Right to assemble, petition.
Free Exercise of religion?
2nd Amendment:Because we need a well-organized
militia, people have the right to keep and bear arms.
Right to bear arms.
The 2nd Amendment ain’t about hunting!
3rd Amendment:No quartering of troops except in wartime and according to the law.
4th Amendment:Protection against unreasonable
searches and seizures.
“Can we look in your trunk, son?”
Expectation of privacy?
5th Amendment:No double-jeopary
Right against self-incriminationDue Process
6th Amendment:Trial by jury
Right to counselSpeedy and public trials
Right to confront witnesses
Does my attorney have to be a muppett?
7th Amendment:Right to jury trial in civil cases in which $20 or more is involved.
Huh?
8th Amendment:No cruel and unusual punishment
No excessive bail
Cruel and unusual punishment?
9th Amendment: Unenumerated Rights
10th Amendment:Powers not reserved to the Federal Gov’t or denied to the States go to
the States and the People