The Bill of Rights was added in 1789.
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1st – Free speech,
freedom of religion,
right to assemble &
petition
2nd – Right to keep
and bear arms
3rd – No quartering of
soldiers
4th – No unreasonable
searches & seizures
5th – Right not to
testify (and more)
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6th – Right to speedy
trial and fair jury
7th – Right to trial by
jury
8th – No cruel or
unusual punishment
9th – All other rights
reserved to the people
10th – All other
powers reserved to
the states
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13th – Abolishes slavery & involuntary
servitude
14th – Requires equal protection under the law
to all persons; requires due process
15th – Right to vote shall not be denied based
on race, color or previous condition of
servitude
19th – Right to vote extended to women
26th – Right to vote extended to 18-year-olds
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people
to assemble, and to petition the government for a
redress of grievances.
“It can hardly be argued that either students or
teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of
speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
La Jolla High School squelches student speech,
paints over political messages on senior benches
Not so much.
The court says stick to teaching math.
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Should students have lesser 1st Amendment
rights at school than adults have?
Why are schools allowed to limit students’
speech?
Are students allowed to share their religious
views in school?
What’s the deal with school prayer? Are
prayers okay at graduation or events?
Can a school censor a school-sponsored
publication, like a newspaper or yearbook?
The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation,
and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be
searched.
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Stratford High School
Raid, Nov. 5, 2003
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=GwDOlLFCZu
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Savana Redding, October
2003 Strip Search
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Should the school in South Carolina have called in
the police and drug-sniffing dogs in a mass raid in
response to evidence that one student was doing
drugs?
Could the school and police have conducted a
more reasonable search?
Did the Arizona school have enough evidence to
search Savana Redding based on one student’s
accusation?
Would a strip search of a student ever be
reasonable?
What would you do if you found yourself in
Savana’s situation?
ORIGINALIST
NON-ORIGINALIST