Amendments for your Bill of Rights Flipchart 2015
American Studies Baker
Amendment 1: RAPPS/ Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier: Administrators have right to
Restrict publication of articles in school newspaper to preserve a
Protected, wholesome school environment.
Lemon V Kurtzman: Separation of Church & State. Lemon Test
1. Law must have a secular purpose.
2. Law may neither favor or inhibit a religion.
3. The law may not result in an excessive entanglement between the
government and religion.
Engel V Vitale : No school-led prayer
California v Miller: Defined obscenity.
Tinker V Des Moines (69): Symbolic Speech protected in schools.
Texas V Johnson: Flag burning protected as free speech.
Amendment 2:
Muscarello v US: Defined “carry” as upon the person or in clothing
for the purpose of defensive action.
Amendment 3:
(No cases) No quartering of troops.
Amendment 4:
Mapp v Ohio (61): Search & Seizure/ Exculsionary Rule
Hiibel v 6th Judicial District of NV: Can require suspects’ name during
Investigation
Board of Educ. Of Pottawatomie Co v Earls (02): Ok’d mandatory drug tests
for students in extracurricular activities
Amendment 5:
Kelo v City of New London : Eminent domain-taking private property for
Economic development doesn’t violate the takings clause if the economy benefits
Princess Wells v City of Riviera Beach, FL: local govt can use eminent domain to
Take property to generate more tax revenue.
Romero v Arcadia, CA: City violated eminent domain by forcing the sale of a diner
In order to transfer the property to a Mercedes dealership for parking.
Amendment 6:
Powell v Alabama: All accused have right to an attorney. (Scottsboro boys)
Gideon v Wainwright: Even the poor defendant must be provided with an attorney
by the state.
Miranda v Arizona: A suspect must have their rights explained to them prior to any
Interrogation or statements used as evidence in court.
Amendment 7:
Tull v United States: The assignment of a penalty in a civil trial is NOT a fundamental
part of a jury’s job. The judge can determine the amount of a civil penalty.
Amendment 8:
U.S. v. Salerno (87): It is constitutional to deny bail to the accused if the safety
of the community is at stake.
Glossip v Gross (08): lethal injection isn’t cruel and unusual punishment as long as
the procedure has controls and is uniformly applied by the state.
Vaccov v Quill (97): Euthanasia (right to die for the terminally ill). The states should
be the court to decide whether this practice is legal (federalism).
Furman v Georgia (72): the death penalty is constitutional as long as the state
maintains a degree of consistency in its application.
Thompson v Oklahoma (87):
Amendment 9:
Non-enumerated Powers:
Griswold v Connecticut (65): Director of Planned Parenthood and a physician
Were imprisoned for providing birth control to a married couple.
S Ct reversed decision 7-2/ This violates a married couple’s right to privacy
when government decides such matters.
Roe v Wade (73): Woman sued Texas saying their anti-abortion law violated her
right to privacy by encroaching on her ability to determine the condition of
her own body. S Ct agreed in a 5-4 decision. It overturned 44 active antiabortion laws.
Amendment 10:
Reserved powers: All powers not given to the federal government or prohibited
from the states, are the right of the states and the people.