Which Bill of Rights?

During an election, a large crowd

gathers near a voting location and

tries to convince people to vote

for T.P. Robinson for mayor.

Someone calls the police to

complain. Can the police do

anything? Why? Which

amendment(s) might apply?

(a)  

The police get a warrant to search

a suspect’s house to look for a

stolen TV. During the search, they

find a locked safe full of un-

registered guns, but no TV’s.

Which amendment(s) might apply?

Why?

(a)  

You publish an editorial in a

newspaper that states the mayor

is corrupt and should be fired

immediately. The mayor complains

to the police because he says he

is not corrupt. Can the police stop

you? Which amendment(s) might

apply? Why?

(a)  

You live near a military base. The

base does not have enough space

for all the soldiers. A general

comes to your house and tells you

that two soldiers will be moving in

with you until more housing can be

built. Do you have to let the soldiers

move in? What amendment(s) might

apply? Why?

(a)  

A suspect is properly arrested

for breaking and entering. He is

booked and placed in jail.

Unfortunately, due to a clerical

error, the police forget to

schedule his court hearing, and it

is a month before he goes before

the judge. What amendment(s)

might apply? Why?

(a)  

You wore gloves and vandalized the bleachers

at a soccer match leaving no evidence. You

then told your friends about it, and one of

them turned you in. The police came and

arrested you. At trial, the prosecution

brought your friends as witnesses. They all

said you said you did it, but that none of them

actually saw you do it. The prosecution then

puts you on the stand and asks you if you

vandalized the bleachers. Which

amendment(s) might save you? Why?

(a)  

You are tried and convicted of jay

walking. The judge sentences you

to 15 years in prison without the

possibility for parole. What

amendment(s) might apply? Why?

(a)  

Michigan’s speed limit on

interstate highways is 70 miles

per hour. In Indiana it is 65

miles per hour. In parts of

Montana, it is 80 miles per hour.

What amendment(s) might

apply? Why?

(a)  

Michigan passes a law that all

Baptists are exempt from paying

property taxes. Can this law

exist? What amendment(s) might

apply? Why?

(a)  

California passes a law stating that

all citizens must exercise for at

least one hour a day to improve the

fitness level of the state to reduce

healthcare costs. Would this law be

legal? What amendment(s) might

apply? Why?

(a)