Constitutional Rights (2.4 and 2.5)

Which civil liberties protected under the Bill of Rights are being exercised in this photograph?

• Right to vote, right to health care

• Freedom of assembly, freedom of speech

• Right to speedy trial, right to an education

• Right to a job, freedom of religion

Where can a description of U.S. citizens' civil liberties (freedoms) be found ?

• Declaration of Independence

• Preamble to the Constitution

• Pledge of Allegiance

• Bill of Rights

Which constitutional principle is applied when police inform suspects of their rights?

• due process of law

• eminent domain

• double jeopardy

• trial by jury

While Alex was at school, police officers broke into his home and took his computer. They did not have a warrant and there was no reason to believe that Alex had broken any laws. Alex was not avoiding the police or planning to move away from his home. Which right did the police officers violate?

• the right to due process of law in the Fourteenth Amendment

• the right to assistance of legal counsel in the Sixth Amendment

• the right to the equal protection of the laws in the Fourteenth Amendment

• the right against unreasonable searches and seizures in the Fourth Amendment

Double jeopardy

• prevents you from being charged for the same crime twice

• is when you don't have to testify against yourself

• gives you the right to a lawyer

• Allows you to have a speedy a trial

Ex post facto law

• allows you to have trial by jury

• allows the government to seize private property if they compensate the owner

• Allows an imprisoned person to ask the judge why they are being detainea

• makes an act a crime after it has been committed

Which form of speech is not protected

• Being rude to your parent

• disagreeing with the president

• threating someone

• calling the president a liar

What constitutional right does this image symbolize?

• speedy trial

• trial by peers

• legal representation

• peaceable assembly

Are words that create a “clear and present danger" protected speech?

• Yes

• No

Writ of Habeas Corpus

• states the government can seize your property if they compensate you

• is located in the 1st amendment

• states prisoners have a right to know what charges are being made against them.

• states you can not be charged for the same crime twice