Welcome to the Bill of Rights!. Our rights are relative, not absolute!

Welcome to theBill of Rights!

Our rights are relative,not absolute!

Though listed in the Bill of Rights, our rights are clarified through

case law, or legal precedents: The decision in one case serves as a

guide for similar cases.

Freedom of expression.

1st Amendment:Freedom of Speech (Expression)

Free Exercise of ReligionSeparation of Church and State

Right to PetitionRight to Assemble

“I’m applying for the pre-school job you posted.”

Who is to say what beauty is?

Obscenity? Inciting violence?

Right to assemble, petition.

Free Exercise of religion?

2nd Amendment:Because we need a well-organized

militia, people have the right to keep and bear arms.

Right to bear arms.

The 2nd Amendment ain’t about hunting!

3rd Amendment:No quartering of troops except in wartime and according to the law.

4th Amendment:Protection against unreasonable

searches and seizures.

“Can we look in your trunk, son?”

Expectation of privacy?

5th Amendment:No double-jeopary

Right against self-incriminationDue Process

6th Amendment:Trial by jury

Right to counselSpeedy and public trials

Right to confront witnesses

Does my attorney have to be a muppett?

7th Amendment:Right to jury trial in civil cases in which $20 or more is involved.

Huh?

8th Amendment:No cruel and unusual punishment

No excessive bail

Cruel and unusual punishment?

9th Amendment: Unenumerated Rights

10th Amendment:Powers not reserved to the Federal Gov’t or denied to the States go to

the States and the People