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Key Rights in the Bill of Rights. Take out both your chart and your analysis of Article III / Bill of Rights. AGENDA March 18/19, 2013. Today’s topics The Bill of Rights Supreme Court Justices Search & Seizure scenarios (time permitting) Homework
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Key Rightsin theBill of Rights Take out both your chart and your analysis of Article III / Bill of Rights
AGENDAMarch 18/19, 2013 Today’s topics The Bill of Rights Supreme Court Justices Search & Seizure scenarios (time permitting) Homework Complete analysis of Bill of Rights (Apply/Critique) Chapter 20: Read + Glossary terms
Learning Goals Unit 6 Guide Understand the civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights • Describe, apply and critique key rights outlined in the Bill of Rights
Learning Goals Unit 6 Guide Understand the composition of the U.S. court system • Describe and evaluate the current composition of the U.S. Supreme Court • Explain and evaluate the process of selecting federal judges
Quick Write:What qualifications do you want in aSupreme Court Justice?(2-3 sentences)
Homework Before you leave • Pick up your belongings • Straighten desks Homework • Complete analysis of Bill of Rights (Apply/Critique) • Chapter 20: Read + Glossary terms
Search & Seizure “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” • When can the government search your home (or your car)? • What is a “search”? What is “probable cause”? • What happens if the government conducts an illegal search?
You’re driving in your car… …with a broken taillight. Do you think the police can do a… Pat down search Personal search (empty your pockets) Trunk search Interior search Inventory search
You’re driving in your car… …with a broken taillight, and then the police officer smells marijuana. Do you think the police can do a… Pat down search Personal search (empty your pockets) Trunk search Interior search Inventory search
You’re home when a police officer comes to your house… …in “hot pursuit” of a fleeing suspect. Can the police enter and/or search your home?
You’re home when a police officer comes to your door… …with a warrant. Can the police enter and/or search your home?
You’re home when the police come to your door… …without a warrant, but they see contraband through a window or an open door. Can the police enter and/or search your home?
You’re home when the police come to your door… …without a warrant, but your roommate grants them permission to search your room. Can the police enter and/or search your home?
You’re home when the police come to your door… …without a warrant, but your parent/guardian grants permission to search your room. Can the police enter and/or search your home? …without a warrant, but your spouse grants permission to search your room. …without a warrant, but a minor child grants permission to search your room. …without a warrant, but your POSSLQ grants permission to search your room.
Can the police use infrared / thermal imaging technology to look at your house?
You’re at school and school authorities want to… …search your locker for contraband. …search every student’s locker in the entire school. …search a student’s backpack after a teacher sees that student in a restroom, then enters the restroom and smells smoke. …take drug-sniffing dogs through all areas in the school with student lockers. …take drug-sniffing dogs through the student parking lot. …require UA before a student can play on the school football team. …require UA before a student can play cello in the school band. …strip search a middle school student suspected of possessing over-the-counter medicine.
Homework Before you leave • Pick up your belongings • Straighten desks Homework • Complete analysis of Bill of Rights (Apply/Critique) • Chapter 20: Read + Glossary terms