1. Can you answer the big questions? Grab a textbook off the shelf and lets find out.

2. The Big Questions 1.What are your DUE PROCESS rights? 2.Is the death penalty a CRUEL or UNUSUAL form or punishment? 3.Is there a RIGHT to PRIVACY in the Constitution?

3. Brandon, “YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!” What rights do you have?

4. Due Process: Two Types

5. Examples: Due Process Rights in the Constitution Writ of Habeas Corpus— right to be brought before a judge (the court). No Bills of Attainder— laws passed by Congress that would inflict punishment without a court trial. No Ex Post Facto Laws— new laws cannot apply to things that happened in the past.

6. Due Process Rights Due Process Look in the 4 th, 5 th, 6 th and 8 th Amendments. Then number them in the order that they apply during and after arrest.

7. Why do the authorities follow the rules? The Exclusionary Rule: If the police violate your due process rights in gathering information or evidence, it cannot be used against you in court.

8. What happened in the Larry Eyler case? What mistake(s) did the police make that prevented them from using evidence that proved Eyler committed murder.

9. Is the death penalty a CRUEL or UNUSUAL form or punishment? 8 th Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

10. The Supreme Court has never ruled that it is. What does that mean? Arguments Pro Death Penalty Anti Death Penalty What are the rules? List rules that have been create by Supreme Court decisions. Include the case name that created each rule.

11. Is there a right to PRIVACY in the Constitution? YES Stanley v. Georgia (1969) “the right to be free, except in very limited circumstances, from unwanted governmental intrusion into one’s privacy.”

12. Where is the right to PRIVACY? The Right to Privacy Identify amendments that imply a right to privacy. For each explain how it helps create the right to privacy.

13. How is that a privacy case? Explain the connection between each of the following Supreme Court decisions and the right to privacy. 1.Griswold v. Connecticut (1965): 2.Roe v. Wade (1973): 3.Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989): 4.Bowers v. Hardwick (1986): 5.Boy Scouts of America v. Dale: 13