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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. Chapter 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE constitution. Lesson 3-2. THE BILL OF RIGHTS. Bill of Rights. The first ten amendments to USC Enacted as a shield against the possible violation of specified human rights as declared in the DC. U.S. Bill of Rights. Amendment 1

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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

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  1. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Chapter 3

  2. AMENDMENTS TO THE constitution Lesson 3-2

  3. THE BILL OF RIGHTS

  4. Bill of Rights • The first ten amendments to USC • Enacted as a shield against the possible violation of specified human rights as declared in the DC

  5. U.S. Bill of Rights • Amendment 1 • Freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion • Amendment 2 • Right to bear arms • Amendment 3 • Limits the quartering of soldiers • Amendment 4 • Protects from unreasonable search and seizures • Amendment 5 • Deprivation of a liberty requires due process of law.

  6. U.S. Bill of Rights • Amendment 6 • Right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury • Amendment 7 • Right to a trial by jury in civil cases • Amendment 8 • Protects from cruel and unusual punishment • Amendment 9 • Assures that rights not enumerated are retained by the people (rights that are NOT necessarily listed) • Amendment 10 • Powers the USC gives to each state and not to the federal government (“states powers.”)

  7. CIVIL RIGHTS • USC serves as a shield for the civil rights of the people • CIVIL RIGHTS • The personal, natural rights guaranteed by the USC. • Religious friction • Separation of church and state

  8. DUE PROCESS OF LAW • One of the most significant amendments is the 5th • Due process is required if any liberty is refused • Pursuit of happiness NOT included in USC. • LEGAL RIGHTS – entitled by law • LEGAL DUTIES – obligations or standards of conduct toward others enforceable by law • DPL requires fairness in compliance with the law. • If convicted a person may be deprived of property by fine, liberty by imprisonment, life by execution

  9. PERIPHERAL RIGHTS • Not mentioned in the Bill of Rights • Courts recognize them as necessary to protect the rights. • i.e. the right of privacy • In some instances, now a crime.

  10. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS • Amendment 13 • Abolished involuntary servitude • Amendment 14 • Prohibits laws or acts within a state that deny any personal equal protection • Amendment 15 • Ensures the newly freed slaves the right to vote • Amendment 19 • Ensures ALL citizens can vote - - regardless of color , race, or sex – Women’s Suffrage • Amendment 24 • Ensures the right to vote in federal elections will not be denied if a poll tax cannot be paid • Amendment 26 • Yeah!!! Eighteen year olds finally get to vote. Go register!!! 

  11. GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE • Gives the federal government its power of taxation • provides that the governing body empowered by the document may enact laws as it sees fit to promote or provide for the general welfare of the people. • has been used as a basis for legislation promoting the health, safety, morals, and well-being of the people. • Also called the spending clause

  12. JUDICIAL CLAUSE OF USC • The clause of the USC that defines the powers of Congress.

  13. SUPREMACY CLAUSE OF USC • States that the USC and federal laws are the supreme laws of the land.

  14. COMMITTEE OF FIVE • Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Robert Livingston • The Committee of Five of the Second Continental Congress drafted and presented to the Congress what became known as America's Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. • This Declaration committee operated from June 11, 1776 until July 5, 1776, the day on which the Declaration was published.

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