1. The Bill of Rights, 2nd and 4th Amendments

2. The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution – The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment
Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
2nd Amendment
To Bear Arms
3rd Amendment
Quartering of Soldiers
4th Amendment
Search and Arrest Warrants
5th Amendment
Rights in Criminal Cases
6th Amendment
Rights to a Fair Trial
7th Amendment
Rights in Civil Cases
8th Amendment
Bails, Fines, and Punishments
9th Amendment
Rights Retained by the People
10th Amendment
Powers Retained by the States and the People

3. The Second Amendment
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.
The Federal Government and State Government can and do regulate the private ownership of firearms.
What is the purpose of the Second Amendment?

4. The Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, 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.
What is the purpose of the Fourth Amendment?

5. The 4th Amendment (Cont.)
Probable cause - a reasonable suspicion of a crime.
Do teachers or school employees need probable cause to search a student’s possessions?
NO! Just reasonable suspicion.
NYC Stop and Frisk

6. Quick Write In complete sentences, respond to the question:
Is the NYPD tactic of Stop and Frisk in violation of the 4th Amendment?

7. The Exclusionary Rule
The exclusionary rule is the main guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The rule: Evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police cannot be used at the trial of the person from whom it was seized.
This rule is meant to deter police misconduct.
There are exceptions to the rule
Inevitable discovery
Good faith exception
Honest mistakes exception
Knock-and-announce rule