Ch. 4 Sec 1

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Ch. 4 Sec 1
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Bill of Rights

• Anti-Federalists pushed for list of
  rights....why?
• 12 of more than 100 proposals sent to states for
  ratification
• 10 of 12 were ratified

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The First Amendment

• Includes five of the cherished rights
• Religion
• Speech
• Assembly
• Petition
• Press

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The First Amendment

• Freedom of Religion
• Any or no religion
• No national religion
• Separation of Church and State
• Engel v. Vitale, 1962
• Prayer in schools
• Not an absolute freedom

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The First Amendment

• Freedom of Speech
• Express ideas and opinions through speech
• Criticize Govt
• Not Absolute Freedom
• Clear and Present Danger
• Fighting Words
• Slander
• Obscenity
• Conflict with other legal or govt interest
• Time, Place, and Manner

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The First Amendment

• Freedom of Press
• Express ideas through writing
• T.V./Radio
• Criticize Govt
• Not Absolute Freedom
• Libel
• Access
• Prior Restraints
• Subsequent Sanctions

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The First Amendment

• Freedom of Assembly
• Hold meetings
• Discuss issues and take action
• Time, Place, and Manner
• Edwards v. S. Carolina
• Freedom of Petition
• Asking government to do something

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Bill of Rights

• Second Amendment
• Bear Arms (why?)
• Guns lower crime rate or increase crime rate?
• Not Absolute Freedom
• Miller v. U.S.
• Third Amendment
• No giving house to soldier in time of peace

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Bill of Rights

• Fourth Amendment
• Unreasonable Search and Seizure
• Warrant
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Fifth Amendment
• Protecting the rights of the accused
• Grand Jury, Indict, Self-Incrimination, Double
  Jeopardy, Due Process of Law, Eminent Domain
• Miranda v. Arizona

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Bill of Rights

• Sixth Amendment
• Prompt trial by jury
• Question witnesses
• Lawyer
• Seventh Amendment
• Jury in civil cases
• Eighth Amendment
• Cruel Unusual Punishment
• Excessive Bail

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Bill of Rights

• Ninth Amendment
• Enjoy other rights not listed in the Constitution
• Tenth Amendment
• Gives states power to act to guarantee citizens
  rights.