Welcome to the Bill 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.
1 st Amendment: Freedom of Speech (Expression) Free Exercise of Religion Separation of Church and State Right to Petition Right 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?
2 nd Amendment: Because we need a well-organized militia, people have the right to keep and bear arms.
Right to bear arms.
The 2 nd Amendment ain’t about hunting!
3 rd 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?
5 th Amendment: No double-jeopary Right against self-incrimination Due Process
6 th Amendment: Trial by jury Right to counsel Speedy and public trials Right to confront witnesses
Does my attorney have to be a muppett?
7 th Amendment: Right to jury trial in civil cases in which $20 or more is involved. Huh?
8 th Amendment: No cruel and unusual punishment No excessive bail
Cruel and unusual punishment?
9 th Amendment: Unenumerated Rights
10 th Amendment: Powers not reserved to the Federal Gov’t or denied to the States go to the States and the People