Bill of Rights Project
Dylan skiba, Coach Williams , 3
By : Dylan Skiba
What are the bill of rights
The bill of rights is a documents that states the rights you have.
1st Amendment : Freedom of speech, press, and religion
You can say what you want, write what you want, and follow who you want.
2nd Amendment : Right to bear arms
You are allowed to carry a firearm.
3rd Amendment : Right to privacy in the home
The governments cannot force you to house and feed soldiers.
4th Amendment : Unreasonable search and seizure
The government cant go in your house, search everything, and take your personal belongings.
5th Amendment : Double jeopardy, self incrimination, and due process of law
You can only be charged for a crime once, you don't have to say anything that is against yourself, and a grand jury decides if your guilty in a capital crime.
6th Amendment : Rights of the accused in criminal cases
Your trial must be soon, public, and with a jury.
7th Amendment : Right to a jury trial
You can use a jury to settle civil cases [one time only per case].
8th Amendment : Preventing cruel and unusual punishment
You must get the right punishment for your crime.
9th Amendment : Rights retained by the people
You have more rights than what is on the bill of rights and the government cannot take them away.
10th Amendment : Limiting federal powers
If the constitution doesn't say that the states can't do it, then the states have that power.
Court Case about Amendments
1st- Tinner vs. Des Moines Independent school district :
Freedom of speech at school. You have the right to express yourself up to a point. Students and teachers don't shed their constitutional rights at the gates. Tinner won.
3rd- Bennett vs. Wainwright : Police raids. The Plaintiffs argued that a police raid shot and killed by a state trooper consisted an illegal occupation. No sense in a single state trooper and several deputy sheriffs count as soldiers. Wainwright won.
4th : Katz vs. United States : Illegal gambling operations across state lines. Wire tapping phone booths is violation the 4th amendment. Evidence not conclusive.
4th- mapp vs. Ohio
6th- Cunningham vs. California