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Other guarantees from the Bill of Rights

Other guarantees from the Bill of Rights. Fourth Amendment: protects against unreasonable “search & seizure” Officers can ask for a search warrant: court order allowing law officers to search your home. Protecting the rights of the accused.

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Other guarantees from the Bill of Rights

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  1. Other guaranteesfrom the Bill of Rights

  2. Fourth Amendment: • protects against unreasonable “search & seizure” • Officers can ask for a searchwarrant: court order allowing law officers to search your home Protecting the rights of the accused

  3. No trial without indictment: formal charge from a grand jury: group of citizens Double jeopardy: if you are judged not guilty, you may not be retried for the same offense The Fifth Amendment

  4. Protects your right to remain silent Due process: follow established legal procedures

  5. Protects you from the govt power of eminent domain: govt can take private property for public use. Govt may pay a fair price

  6. Jury trials must be speedy and public Accused can hear and question any witnesses Lawyer will provided if you can’t pay The Sixth Amendment

  7. If you don’t get a speedy trial, you can post bail: sum of money use as a security deposit. Judge decides amount of bail and if you are allowed bail. Forbids “cruel and unusual” punishment The Eighth Amendment

  8. Protecting other rights

  9. Differing opinions • Some say provides for state militias only • Others say it guarantees right of individual citizens to “keep and bear arms” The second amendment

  10. Courts have generally ruled that government can pass laws to control, not prevent, weapon possession

  11. In peacetime, soldiers may not move into private homes without consent of the homeowner Can be authorized by Congress in times of war The third amendment

  12. Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases if the disputed amount is more than $20. Civil cases are lawsuits that involve disagreements between people, not crimes The seventh amendment

  13. Framers realized not every individual right could be spelled out Citizens have other rights beyond those listed in the Constitution The ninth amendment

  14. Any powers not specifically given to the national government are reserved to the states or to the people Prevents Congress and the president from becoming too strong The tenth amendment

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