1. Constitutional Safeguards
Opening
Constitutional Safeguards

2. Locker Search
A high school principal has reason to suspect some students of bringing weapons onto campus. After receiving a tip from a teacher, the principal searches the lockers of three students and finds a knife and a small handgun in one student’s locker. The other two lockers turn up nothing.

3. Locker Search
In this situation, what rights do the students assigned to these lockers have? 
What powers does the principal, acting on behalf of the student body, have? 
On a high school campus, should authorities be allowed to search student lockers whenever they want?

4. Constitutional Safeguards and Limitations of Rights

5. The Constitution of The United States safeguards are not in place to limit individual rights, but to protect those rights.

6. What are Constitutional Safeguards?
The rights of many do not out weigh the rights of few!
In the locker search example, the rights of the students against search and seizure without a warrant is taken. Did the school have probable cause?

7. 1st Amendment Limitations

8. Religion- The Person Can Cannot
Choose whatever religion
Lead a prayer in most examples
Ask questions about religions
Worship who ever you want
Break the law and claim it is religious belief
Raise children without education
Deprave children of basic needs

9. Free speech- The individual can:
Say any political belief
Protest (without getting out of control)
Say things about someone that are true
Burn the flag
Say racist and hate slogans
Free speech means someone might say something you disagree with

10. Free speech—limits on the person
Threaten to blow up airplanes, schools or the president
Sexual harassment
Create too much social chaos
Extremely crude language in a public form
Disrespectful, vulgar language in schools
Hate crimes

11. Freedom of the Press The Press: Can Cannot
Print any political position
Make fun of people, especially politicians
Expose wrongs by the government
Say things you might not agree with
Libel– intentionally injuring a person’s reputation by false facts
Disclose defense-security secrets
Detail how to make a certain weapons

12. Freedom of Assembly- The Individual Can Cannot
Protest
Parade (with a permit)
Parade chanting hate slogans
Gang members can congregate in public
Protest by throwing rocks and breaking windows
Hang out on private land against owners will—loitering
Teen curfew

13. What are Students Rights?
Within the educational setting, the right to free speech is implemented in ways that DO NOT interfere with schools’ educational mission. 
Students do not have full rights until they are 18.  For example if kids do not come to school who can go to jail- the parents!

14. Scenarios
Read each scenario and decide if the persons constitutional rights are being denied. Answer the questions that go with them.
Hint: In at least one scenario the persons constitutional rights are not being denied.