3. 1st Amendment
-Freedoms
Speech
•To say what you want
Press
•News can report what it
wants
Religion
•Can be whatever religion
you choose
Assembly
•Can gather in groups
Petition
•Can ask your government
for things
The First Amendment protects all Americans’
freedom of speech, which includes speaking
freely against the actions of our government.
What happens to people who try to exercise
this right in other countries?
9. 4th Amendment
-no illegal searches or
seizures
•To combat British writs of
assistance
-right to privacy
•Police must have probable
cause and must obtain a
search warrant to enter
your home
11. 5th Amendment
• Rights of the accused
-due process
•Every person must be treated
equally in court; court must use
same rules for every person
-eminent domain
•The government cannot take
private property without paying
for it
-grand jury
•Decides if there is enough
evidence to indict and formally
have a trial
-no double jeopardy
•Cannot be put on trial for the
same crime twice
-right to remain silent
• Protection against self-incrimination
13. 6th Amendment
-speedy public trial
•Trial must begin quickly and
must be held in public
-right to a lawyer
-jury trial
•Impartial jury of your peers is
to hear and decide your case
-informed of charges
•Right to know what you are
being tried for
-question all witnesses
17. 8th Amendment
-no excessive bails and
fines
•Bail: money you pay to get
out of prison until your trial
•Bail must fit the crime
-no cruel and unusual
punishments
•Punishment must fit the
crime
•Continued debate over
death penalty
19. 9th Amendment
-all rights not listed are still
protected
•Not all of people’s rights are
listed in Constitution
•People have more rights
•Right to privacy
21. 10th Amendment
-all powers not given to the
National Gov’t are reserved
for the states
•States wanted to keep some
power in new Constitution to
keep federal gov. from
getting too strong
•Reserved Powers