1. Bill of Rights Hypotheticals
Answers…..

2. #1 The Mayor WHY?? Amendment I
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom…of the press”

3. #2 The prosecuting attorney WHY??? Amendment V
“…nor shall any person…be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself…”

4. #3 The other students WHY??? Amendment I
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…”

5. #4 The judge WHY??? Amendment VII
“In suits of common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of a trial by jury shall be preserved…”

6. #5 The judge WHY??? Amendment VI
“…the accused shall enjoy the right to a …public trial by an impartial jury…”

7. #6 The neighbors WHY??? Amendment I
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of…the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”

8. #7 The lady WHY??? Amendment V
“…nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.”

9. #8 The district attorney WHY??? Amendment V
“…nor shall any person be tried for the same crime twice…”

10. #9 The Postmaster General WHY??? Amendment I
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…”

11. #10 The man WHY??? Amendment X
“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.”