1. Bill of Rights

2. Bill of Rights 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution
Protects civil liberties (guaranteed basic rights and freedoms) and civil rights (freedom from unequal treatment)
Limits the power of government
Creates Due Process – rules and procedures government must follow

3. Reasons created Not listed in the original constitution
Anti-federalists wanted a guarantee that the power of the new national government would be limited
Protects rights while limiting government
Abuses from British rule

4. 1st Amendment - Freedoms
Religion – no establishments
Establishment clause
Cannot establish an official religion or favor one religion over another – separation of church and state
Free exercise clause
Individuals may worship as they see fit, so long as it does not infringe upon the rights of others or break the law
Speech - Freedom of speech
Press - Freedom of Press to print what you want
Assemble - Freedom of assembly (gathering, protest)
Grievances – freedom to petition (make complaints to the government)

5. 2nd Amendment - Arms
“A 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. “
Citizens can keep and bear arms
Debate over meaning
Individual rights interpretation = all citizens have the right to own guns
Collectivist interpretation = amendment was aimed at groups, such as militias and the military

6. 3rd amendment - soldiers
No Quartering Soldiers – You don’t have to house soldiers in your home

7. 4th amendment - search and seizure
PRIVACYa s
4th amendment - search and seizure
The 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.
Evidence Amendment –
No unusual searches and seizures.
Need a warrant or probable cause
Called the “privacy” Amendment because it guarantees your right to privacy
Due Process Amendment
REASON AND SUPPORT

8. 5th amendment – double jeopardy
Must be officially cEd with crime by a grand jury
Cannot be tried for the same crime twice
NO “double jeopardy”
not forced to bear witness against yourself
“plead the 5th” = right to remain silent
Cannot be “deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law”
Must be paid for private property taken from you
Eminent domain
Rights of the Accused Amendment -
No person should be forced to be a witness against himself or lose their life, liberty or property without due process or tried twice for a crime, govt. can’t take your property without $ Eminent Domain
Due Process Amendment

9. 6th Amendment – Attorney and Fair Trial
Entitled to a Fair and speedy trial
Impartial jury, publicly held, in state where crime occurred
Informed of charges
Ability to Confront witnesses
Right to an attorney
Trial Amendment -The right to a jury trial in a criminal case, right to an attorney, right to confront witnesses, informed of charges
Due Process Amendment

10. 7th amendment – Trial for Civil Cases
“In 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 re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law”
The right to have a jury hear your case in most civil trials

11. 8th amendment – Excessive Bail and Fines
No excessive bail
No excessive fines
No cruel or unusual punishment
Punishment Amendment - Bail, fines and punishments must not be excessive
Due Process Amendment

12. 9th amendments - Rights
Rights of the people
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. “
Did you find a right not listed in the Constitution? It still belongs to the people

13. 10th Amendment - States States Rights
“The 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.”
Reserved Powers of the States –
If a power isn’t given to the federal government, it belongs to the states or the people
Ie. Education,
10th Amendment is an example of what basic principle of democracy?
Federalism

14. Bell Work
Which amendments would be considered the “Rights of the Accused”?
Which Amendment demonstrates both the concepts of Federalism and Limited Government?
Which Amendment establishes your right to privacy?

15. Key Amendments in the BOR
2 – One of most controversial
4, 5, 6, 8 – Due process Amendments – rules and procedures the government has to follow to ensure someone is treated fairly especially when accused of a crime
Collectively = Rights of the Accused
4th – Right to Privacy*
Limit the power of the Federal government
10th – People and States get all the powers not listed in the Constitution
Demonstrates concepts of
Federalism
Limited Government

16. FASS DATERS Bill of Rights Freedoms (GRAPES) ARMS SOLDIER QUARTERING
GRIEVANCES
RELIGION NO ESTABLISHMENT
ASSEMBLE
PRESS
EXERCISE RELIGION
SPEECH
ARMS
SOLDIER QUARTERING
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
DOUBLE JEOPARDY, Self-Incrimination, DOMAIN (EMINENT),
 ATTORNEY AND FAIR AND SPEEDY TRIAL
TRIAL BY JURY In Civil Cases
 EXCESSIVE BAIL and No Cruel Punishments
 RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE
 STATES RIGHTS