Objective: To analyze the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights 1 st Amendment: freedom of speech
In 1965, 13-year old Mary Beth Tinker and her 15-year old brother John wore black armbands to school in Des Moines, Iowa. They wanted to show their mourning for people killed in the Vietnam War and their support for a truce at Christmas. Mary Beth, an eighth grade student at Harding Jr. High School was promptly suspended by her principal, who said no black armbands would be allowed.
The Bill of Rights 1 st Amendment: freedom of religion Demonstration, Philadelphia, 1983
The Bill of Rights 1 st Amendment: freedom of the press “…were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter…” --Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, Quotation: Thomas Jefferson on the Freedom of the Press
The Bill of Rights 1 st Amendment: freedom of assembly Handbill advertising a rally of the Association of Carolina Klans
The Bill of Rights 1 st Amendment: freedom of petition
2 nd Amendment: The Bill of Rights right to bear arms
4 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
4 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
4 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
4 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection from self-incrimination
5th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection from “double jeopardy”
5th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection from uncompensated eminent domain
5th Amendment: The Bill of Rights Honolulu Weekly must be indicted by a grand jury
6 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights right to a speedy trial by jury
6 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights right to an attorney Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part I
6 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights right to an attorney Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part II
6 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights right to an attorney Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part III
6 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights right to an attorney Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part IV
8 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection from cruel or unusual punishment
8 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection from cruel or unusual punishment
8 th Amendment: The Bill of Rights protection from excessive bail or fines
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