Freedom as a Value
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First Amendment Overview Part I
- Download the U.S. Constitution & Declaration of Independence from the internet
- Using Ctrl F search the documents for the terms on page 4 & 5
- Do not just search the definitions on the internet
- For each term write the sentences the word is used in and in what document you found the term.
- For the terms Diversity & Common Good, get the definition from the internet, as well as your own definition as to how it would apply in the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Amendment 1: Freedom of Religion, Speech and the Press
The Right to Assemble and Petition The First Amendment might be one of the best known. It allows people to establish and practice their religion freely, and to speak their ideas and opinions. It protects the rights of its citizens to hold meetings and to petition the government. It gives the press (newspapers, magazines) the right to publish the news and ideas.
Amendment 2: The Right to Bear Arms
The Second Amendment gives all citizens the right to own guns.
Amendment 3: Housing of Soldiers
When the colonies were ruled by England, people were forced to house soldiers in their homes. They would have to give them a place to sleep and meals. This amendment made it unlawful for a government to make a private citizen house its soldiers.
Amendment 4: Searches, Seizure and Warrants
This amendment protects people from law enforcement entering their home without their permission or an order from the court called a search warrant.
Amendment 5: Rights in Criminal Trials and the Rights of Property
Persons cannot be made to testify against themselves in a criminal trial. A person cannot be tried more than once for that same crime. People’s property cannot be taken away without their being paid for it.
Amendment 6: Rights to a Fair Trial
This amendment requires a person accused of a crime to receive a speedy public trial by a jury. This did not happen in England during this time. People were held in jail for years before their trial and often the trial was held in secret.
Amendment 7: Rights in a Civil Trial
A civil case is brought by a person to get back property, to have a contract enforced, or to protect a person’s rights. The Seventh Amendment allows a civil case to be decided by a jury trial when the amount of money involved is over $20.
Amendment 8: Bail, Fines and Punishment
The Eighth Amendment does not allow for unfair bail or fines and the use of cruel or unusual punishments. The framers wanted to eliminate the use of torture on suspected criminals or as a punishment for a crime
Amendment 9: Rights Kept by the People
Some of the delegates thought that if a right was not listed in their Bill of Rights, it might be interpreted to mean that the people did not have that right. The Ninth Amendment protects the rights people have though not listed in the Constitution.
Amendment 10: Powers Kept by the States and the People
The rights not given to the national government are rights kept by the states or the people.