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1st amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 00:57:42 UTC

-Freedom to express ideas through speech, press, assembly, religion, and protest.

(Ex: gather with a group to protest or for other reasons, and to ask the government to fix problems)

-Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969

"Three public school students wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. They were suspended from school for refusing to remove them."

2nd amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 01:03:58 UTC

-Protects the right to keep and bear arms

(Ex: If there is an intruder in your home you will have something to protect yourself with, etc)

-McDonald v. City of Chicago

This Guaranteed that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,” applies to state and local governments as well as to the federal government."

3rd amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 01:12:50 UTC

-~~Stops the~~ government from forcing homeowners to allow soldiers to use their homes.

(Ex: If a president tries to forcibly make a soldier stay in your home)

-Engblom v. Carey

This determined that "national guardsmen are soldiers and that the Third Amendment can be applied to the states."

4th amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 01:19:39 UTC

-Protects from unreasonable search and seizure of an individual or their private property.

(Ex: A police officer cannot go into your home without a warrant unless they spot danger in the home)

-Brendlin v. California

"the stop and the seizing of the driver means that any passengers are also seized. Therefore, if the seizure of the driver was illegal, the seizure of the passenger is illegal, as well."

5th amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 01:24:40 UTC

-Guarantees you the right to a grand jury, forbids “double jeopardy,” and protects against self-incrimination

(Ex: A person in court could plead the fifth and not answer)

-Miranda v. Arizona

"An arrested individual is entitled to rights against self-incrimination and to an attorney under the 5th and 6th Amendments of the United States Constitution. Miranda v."

6th amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 02:49:15 UTC

-Right to a speedy and public trial, trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, and to be informed of criminal charges

(Ex: If you cant afford a lawyer one must be provided to you)

-Gideon v. Wainwright

"Guaranteed a right of legal counsel to anyone accused of a crime."

7th amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 02:54:23 UTC

-The right to a jury trial in Federal civil cases

(Ex: Jury can decide on civil cases such as car accidents, disputes between corporations for breach of contract, or most discrimination or employment disputes)

-Curtis v. Loether

"Gives parties the right to a jury trial in all civil cases, even when the basis for the lawsuit is a congressionally enacted statute rather than a “common law” cause of action."

8th amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 02:58:55 UTC

-Protects from excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishment.

(Ex: Execution, torture, etc)

-Kennedy v. Louisiana

-"Prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for a crime in which the victim did not die and the victim's death was not intended."

9th amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 03:03:42 UTC

-Says that specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights that have not been written out

(Ex: The right to abortion, privacy, etc)

-Roe vs. Wade

"Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion."

10th amendment

alyssa_diaz80 — 2024-01-11 03:08:39 UTC

-Says that the federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution and if not listed, it belongs to the states or to the people

-(Ex: The drinking age in america; The states have the power to determine what it should be)

-Printz v. United States

"Reaffirmed states' rights and the Constitution's anti-commandeering provisions."