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| are protections of citizens from unwarranted government action. |
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describe government’s
responsibility to protect citizens.
The Bill of Rights’ emphasis on limiting the powers of the national government makes it more a “bill of liberties” |
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| are restraints on what the government shall and shall not have the power to do. |
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| are restraints on how the government is supposed to act when it acts; for example, citizens are guaranteed “due process of law” when accused of a crime. |
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Can
Teach about religions in school
Allow voluntary prayer in many examples
Transport students to a religious school
Read Bible for culture or literacy content |
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Cannot
Set a state religion
Government cannot order a prayer
Teach religious doctrine in the school
Pay seminary teachers
Teach creationism |
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Can
Choose whatever religion they wish to worship.
Lead a prayer in most examples
Ask questions about religions
Worship whomever want you |
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Cannot
Break the law and claim it is religious belief
Raise children without education
Deprive children of basic needs |
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Profess 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 |
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| What an individual can do for free speech |
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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 |
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| Free speech limits on the person |
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CANPrint any political position
Make fun of people, especially politicians
Expose wrongs by the government
Say things you might not agree with |
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| Freedom of the press-the press |
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cannot
Libel– intentionally injuring a person’s reputation by false facts
Disclose defense-security secrets
Detail how to make a certain weapons |
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| Freedom of the press-the press |
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This Amendment is
a right of states to
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No Soldier shall, in time of peace be
quartered in any house, without the
consent of the Owner, nor in time of
war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law. |
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| What does a police officer need in order to search your home or seize your property? |
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A warrant given to him by a judge
Probable cause is also needed
(4th Amendment) |
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| You cannot be tried for the same crime twice called “Double Jeopardy” |
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| You do not have to testify against your self. “I plead the fifth” |
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| You must have due process of law before you are convicted |
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| The government cannot take your land unless it pays you a fair price. |
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| You must be indicted by a Grand Jury before standing trial for a crime. |
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| Right to speedy trial by impartial jury—meaning not favoring either side |
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| You must be told of charges |
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| You must be provided a lawyer if you cannot afford one |
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| No cruel and unusual punishment |
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| assures people that there are rights that members of a free society are entitled to, although neither Madison nor any of the other founding fathers ever stated just what they thought these rights were. |
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| 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 |
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Protects against state infringements, defines citizenship, prohibits
states from interfering with privileges and immunities, requires due
process and equal protection, punishes states for denying vote, and
disqualifies Confederate officials and debts |
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| rules for lawsuits against states |
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| New way of electing the Prez and Vice Prez |
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| Voting rights for former slaves |
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| Power of the federal gov't to collect income |
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| Election of Senators by the people |
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| Gives women the right to vote |
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| Sets the date when President's and Congress's terms begin |
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| limits the Prez to 2 terms |
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| gives people in the district of Colombia the right vote for Prez |
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| Forbids having to pay tax to vote. |
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| Says who is next in line if something happens to the Prez |
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| Sets 18 as the voting age |
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