Bill of Rights

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Bill of Rights
The purpose of this PowerPoint is to understand
the first 10 amendments to our US Constitution.
Why they where created and what they basically
stand for.
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Objective To analyze the freedoms guaranteed in
the Bill of Rights.
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The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment

• freedom of speech

In 1965, 13-year old Mary Beth Tinker and her
15-year old brother John wore black armbands to
school in Des Moines, Iowa. They wanted to show
their mourning for people killed in the Vietnam
War and their support for a truce at Christmas.
Mary Beth, an eighth grade student at Harding Jr.
High School was promptly suspended by her
principal, who said no black armbands would be
allowed.
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The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment

• freedom of religion

Demonstration, Philadelphia, 1983
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The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment

• freedom of the press

Quotations Thomas Jefferson on the Freedom of
the Press
were it left to me to decide whether we should
have a government without newspapers or
newspapers without a government, I should not
hesitate a moment to prefer the latter --Thomas
Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787.
"Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and
have been deceived but as long as the presses
can be protected, we may trust to them for
light."--Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart.
1799.
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The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment

• freedom of assembly

Handbill advertising a rally of the Association
of Carolina Klans 
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The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment

• freedom of petition

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The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment

• right to bear arms

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The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment

• right to bear arms

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The Bill of Rights
2nd Amendment

• right to bear arms

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The Bill of Rights
3rd Amendment

• quartering of soldiers

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The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment

• protection against unreasonable searches and
  seizures

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The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment

• protection against unreasonable searches and
  seizures

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The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment

• protection against unreasonable searches and
  seizures

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The Bill of Rights
4th Amendment

• protection against unreasonable searches and
  seizures

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The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment

• protection from self-incrimination

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The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment

• protection from self-incrimination

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The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment

• protection from double jeopardy

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The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment

• protection from uncompensated eminent domain

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The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment

• protection from uncompensated eminent domain

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The Bill of Rights
5th Amendment

• must be indicted by a grand jury

Honolulu Weekly 9-11-02
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The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment

• right to a speedy trial by jury

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The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment

• right to a speedy trial by jury

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The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment

• right to an attorney

Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part I
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The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment

• right to an attorney

Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part II
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The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment

• right to an attorney

Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part III
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The Bill of Rights
6th Amendment

• right to an attorney

Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Part IV
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The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment

• protection from cruel or unusual punishment

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The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment

• protection from cruel or unusual punishment

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The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment

• protection from cruel or unusual punishment

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The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment

• protection from excessive bail or fines

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The Bill of Rights
8th Amendment

• protection from excessive bail or fines