Bill of Rights

According to the Fourth Amendment, the police can search and seize a person's property only if

• the neighbors sign a petition.
• the chief of police gives permission.
• a judge issues a warrant.
• the have a written note from your mother. 

Carolyn is arrested for shoplifting a candy bar from a grocery store. At trial, she is found guilty. The judge decides that the right punishment is to cut off Carolyn’s hands so she will not be able to shoplift again.

• Amendment 7 - Right to a jury trial in civil matters

• Amendment 4 - Right of privacy

• Amendment 5 - Right to no double jeopardy

• Amendment 8 - Right to no cruel or unusual punishment

Concerned about rising crime, lawmakers for the District of Columbia ban all handguns in the city and require that shotguns be kept unloaded and/or disassembled.

• 3rd Amendment - No quartering of soldiers

• 2nd Amendment - Right to bear arms

• 5th Amendment - Government power of eminent domain

• 6th Amendment - Right to an attorney

John, a fourteen year old public school student, wears a shirt to school that says “Obama You’re Fired -- Vote Trump 2016” to express his opinion about the upcoming presidential race. His principal tells him he must change his shirt or be suspended from school. John refuses and is suspended for a week.

• Amendment 1-Freedom of Speech
• Amendment 1- Freedom to Assemble
• Amendment 1- Freedom of Religion
•  Amendment 1- Freedom to Press

A public school principal smells smoke in the hallway, and believes it is coming from the girls’ bathroom. She walks into the bathroom and finds Susan standing by the sink. She suspects Susan has been smoking, and demands to search her purse for cigarettes or other evidence of smoking. What right/freedom is this?

• 1st Amendment - freedom to petition

• 4th Amendment - right of privacy

• 5th Amendment - No double jeopardy

• 8th Amendment - No excessive bail

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 freedoms of the 1st Amendment?

• freedom of the press

• freedom of assembly

• freedom to petition

• freedom of rights

If a person is accused of a crime but is found not guilty, the government cannot have the person tried a second time. What right/freedom is this?

• No double jeopardy

• No cruel or unusual punishment

• Right to remain silent

• Right to no excessive fines or bail

A jury or judge is supposed to be impartial. What does this mean?

• They must be fair to both sides

• They must take the side of the victim

• They must come to an agreement

If a police officer smells marijuana smoke during a traffic stop, the officer has _________________ to search that suspect.

• eminent domain

• appeal

• slander

• probable cause

According to the 6th Amendment, people accused of a crime have to the right to _____________ so that they have proper legal help in court.

• a jury

• a warrant

• an attorney

• a petition