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The United States Bill of Rights. Michael Thurston Winslow High School. Unit Topics Essential Questions About Our Rights. Why does the 1 st Amendment limit the government’s power over religion? How does the 1 st Amendment protect freedom of expression? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The United States Bill of Rights
Michael ThurstonWinslow High School
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Unit TopicsEssential Questions About Our
Rights1) Why does the 1st Amendment limit the government’s power
over religion?2) How does the 1st Amendment protect freedom of expression?3) How does the 1st Amendment protect freedom of assembly,
petition, and association?4) What exactly does the 2nd Amendment mean?5) What is the importance of procedural due process?6) How do the 4th and 5th Amendments protect us against
unreasonable law enforcement procedures?7) How do the 5th through 8th Amendments protect our rights
within the judicial system?
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The 1st Amendment & The Establishment
ClauseMichael Thurston
Winslow High School
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Two Religious Clauses• Free Exercise Clause
• Establishment Clause
• What did the framers believe about separation of church and state?
• How does the 1st Amendment prohibit state establishment of religion?
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Interpreting the Establishment Clause
• Area of agreement:
• NO OFFICIAL RELIGION!
• Area of disagreement:
• HOW FAR DOES THAT GO?
• Three ways to look at the establishment clause:
• Broad interpretation
• Narrow interpretation
• Literal interpretation
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Critical Thinking Exercise Cases
• Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)• “Lemon Test” – to be Constitutional:
1) It must have a secular purpose2) It must neither promote or interfere with religion3) Cannot cause an excessive entanglement of government & religion
• Zorach v. Clauson (1952)
• Eagle v. Vitae (1962)
• Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)
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Free Exercise Clause• What does it mean?
• Two parts to freedom of religion:
1) Freedom to believe
2) Freedom to practice
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Conflicting Clauses• Establishment v. Free
Exercise
• Consider the following:
• Armed forces chaplains
• Prison chaplains
• Jewish students
• Equal Access Act
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Balancing Free Exercise with State Interest
• SCOTUS has determined through many cases that free exercise can be limited – if there is a compelling state interest:
• Public good vs. individual right
• Blood transfusions
• Saluting the flag
• Marijuana
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1st AmendmentFreedom of Expression
Michael ThurstonWinslow High School
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What Makes Freedom of Expression So Important?
I. Promotes individual growth & dignity
II. Important for the advancement of knowledge
III. Necessary in a democracy
IV. Helps bring peaceful social change
V. Essential in the protection of individual rights.
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Limits to Expression1. Time, place, and manner
restrictions
2. Hate speech
3. Clear and present danger
4. Libel, slander, defamation
5. “Fighting words”
6. Incitement of illegal activity
7. Commercial speech
8. Obscene / lewd / offensive
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Question 1: Falsely shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater
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Question 2: Burning the American flag
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Question 3: Burning a cross
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Question 4: Calling for the overthrow of the government
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Question 5: Punishing on-campus speech
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Question 6: Punishing off-campus speech
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Question 7: Banning hate groups from holding
rallies/demonstrations
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Assembly, Association, Petition
• Importance• Democracy works best
when there is dissent• Must be peaceable and
on public property• Government cannot
discriminate• Government can limit
with a compelling reason (could you march through the halls of this public school while in session?)
• Association
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The 2nd Amendment is Incorporated
• What does it say – what does that mean?
• DC v Heller (2008)• McDonald v
Chicago (2010)• Restrictions?
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The Importance of Procedural Due Process
• Substantive v. Procedural
• Historical background
• Very important in an adversary legal system
• Where do we find procedural protections?
• 4,5,6,8 = American Rule of Law
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The 4th Amendment• 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.
• Probable cause: A fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. With the facts at hand, would a reasonable person believe evidence of a crime would be located there?
• Privacy?
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School Searches• Loco parentis
• New Jersey v. T.L.O
• School searches based on reasonable suspicion – inception and scope must be reasonable
• What is allowed with reasonable suspicion? Lockers/containers Vehicles Persons Interviewing
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The Exclusionary Rule• “The fruit of the
poisonous tree is also poisonous.”• Tree = illegal search• Fruit = evidence
obtained through the illegal search
• Why?
• To deter police misconduct
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
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Continuum of Certainty• 0% No information• Hunch• Reasonable Suspicion• 50% Probable Cause• Preponderance of the
Evidence• 100% Beyond a Reasonable
Doubt
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Exceptions to the Search Warrant Requirement
• Incident to arrest
• Stop & frisk
• Consent search
• Plain view/touch
• Vehicle
• Exigent circumstances / hot pursuit
• Border
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1. Incident to Arrest
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2. Stop and Frisk
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3. Consent Search
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4. Plain View/Touch
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5. Vehicle
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6. Exigent Circumstances / Hot Pursuit
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7. Border
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The Case of Billy Greenwood
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The Billy Greenwood Decision
• By a 6-2 vote (Justice Kennedy took no part in the case), the Court held that under the Fourth Amendment, no warrant was necessary to search the trash because Greenwood had no reasonable expectation of privacy. Although Greenwood had hidden the trash from view by using opaque plastic bags and expected it to be on the street only a short time before it would be taken to the dump, the Court believed it to be “common knowledge” that garbage at the side of the street is “readily accessible to animals, children, scavengers, snoops, and other members of the public.” Moreover, Greenwood had left the trash there expressly so that the trash collector, a stranger, could take it. Quoting Katz v. United States, the court concluded that “what a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or office, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection.”
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The 5th Amendment• Self-incrimination
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Limitations:• Personal right• Immunity
• Grand Jury
• Double jeopardy
• Due process
• “Takings” clause
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6th Amendment• 6th Amendment• Procedural due process• All incorporated through 14th
• Speedy trial• Public trial• Impartial Jury• Trial location• Information on charges• Confronting witnesses• Favorable witnesses• Assistance of counsel
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8th amendment
• 8th Amendment• Limits the judiciary and legislatures• Right to bail• No excessive fines• No “cruel and unusual” punishment