First or Fourteenth?
First Amendment: “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 peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for redress of
grievances.”
Fourteenth Amendment: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
1. Court cases concerning the separation of Church and State most frequently involve what
Amendment or Amendments?
2. In Everson v. Board of Education what Amendment did the court say was not violated?
3. A judgment of discrimination can be defined as determination that an individual or a
group of individuals for example, African Americans, women, and kids with disabilities
violate what Amendment?
4. In the case of Pickering v. Board of Education, Pickering sued the Board for violation of
what Amendment or Amendments?
5. Children have the right to an education. What Amendment guarantees this right?
6. When school officials search a student’s locker what Amendment does it violate? But
why is it ok?
7. You are about to graduate with your teaching degree. On the day you are suppose to
receive your diploma you are told that you cannot receive your teaching degree because
of pictures you posted on your Facebook or MySpace of you with a pirate hat drinking.
What amendment does this violate?