Bill of Rights

1st Amendment

Freedom of RASPP

R- Religion

A- Assembly

S- Speech

P- Press

P- Petition

2nd Amendment

Right to bear arms and state militias (National Guard)

3rd Amendment

No quartering troops

4th Amendment

No illegal search and seizures (warrant)

5th Amendment

P- Plead the 5th

E- Eminent Domain
G- Grand Jury
D- Double Jeopardy
D- Due Process of Law

6th Amendment

LAW JIC FST

L- Location of Trial

A- Attorney

W- Witness

J- Jury (12 people)

IC- Informed of Charges
FST- Fair and Speedy Trial

7th Amendment

Jury in civil trials

8th Amendment

No excessive bail or fines, no cruel and unusual punishment (torture)

9th Amendment

You have more rights than listed

10th Amendment

If a power is not given to the Federal Government in the Constitution, it goes to the states

Freedom of Assembly (1st Amendment)

Large group of people meeting peacefully

Freedom of Petition (1st Amendment)

Can complain to government

Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (4th amendment)

If they conduct an illegal search, all evidence found is tainted (thrown out)

Plead the 5th (5th Amendment)

The right to remain silence, don’t have to answer

Eminent Domain (5th Amendment)

Government must fairly compensate you for land if taken for public good

Grand Jury (5th Amendment)

Before a trial to decide if evidence is enough to have a trial for the same thing

Double Jeopardy (5th Amendment)

Can’t convict later if previously found not guilty and then found guilty, but they can be charged with something else

Due Process of Law (5th Amendment)

Must follow series of steps between arrest and jail time (can’t go straight from arrest to prison)

Location of Trial (6th amendment)

Trial must be near where crime occured

Attorney (6th amendment)

Lawyer (will be appointed if you can’t afford one)

Witness (6th amendment)

Alibi, both sides can question

Informed of Charges (6th amendment)

Tell you what you are charged with

Fair and Speedy Trial (6th amendment)

Unbiased jury, defend yourself with attorney and witness

Can’t keep in jail for years

Civil Case (7th amendment)

Dispute between two people (suing)

- Lose money instead of going to jail

- No free attorney