AMENDMENTS 1-27 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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1st Amendment (1791) - ans-(Amendment I)
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Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition qa qa qa qa qa qa qa




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not untill 1950's that social and political changes prompted a series of vital 1st amendment
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s issues to be decided by Supreme Coutrs-> i.e. preferred freedoms doctrine
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1st Amendment restrictions & violations - ans--
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you cannot use your right of free speech to incite a riot
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if you exercise your right to assemble by organizing a mass demonstration, you may be req
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uired by gov. authorities to obtain permits and satisfy health, safety, and sanitary regulatio
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prior restraint: a government order to prohibit or sensor a news story prior to publication or
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> Supreme Court ruled that, except in extraordinary circumstances, this violates the 1st am
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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (1st amen. case) - ans-
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a 2010 supreme court case holding that a provision of the McCain-
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Feingold Act prohibited corporations and unions from broadcasting "electioneering comm
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in 60 days of a general elections is an unconstitutional limitation on the 1st Amendment gu
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1st Amendment & Article VI - ans--
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article VI prohibits the use of a religious test as a requirements for public office & the 1st am
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endment mandates that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religi
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on, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
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Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940): supreme court incorporated this clause of the 1st amendm
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> ruling it represented a fundamental liberty and was applicable to state governments throu
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gh the due process clause of 14th amend.
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1st amendment: freedom of religion - ans--
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> public authorities cannot show preference for one set of religious beliefs
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free exercise of religion: individuals are free to choose religious beliefs and practice them a
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s they see fit, or not to practice any religion at all-> government cannot prohibit this
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separation of church and state: neither federal nor state government could pass any law su
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pporting one religion or all religions, or any law preferring one religion over another
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2nd Amendment (1791) - ans-(Amendment II)
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Right to bear arms qa qa qa




➜"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the pe
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ople to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
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District of Columbia v. Heller (2008): Supreme Court held that the 2nd amendment protect
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s an individuals right to possess a firearm for lawful purposes such as self-
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defense. (D.C. tried to ban possession of hand guns) qa qa qa qa qa qa qa qa




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McDonald v. Chicago (2010): the SC ruled that the 2nd amendment right of and individual t
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o "keep and bear arms" applies to the states as well as the federal government
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3rd Amendment (1791) - ans-(Amendment III)
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In times of peace, citizens do not have to quarter soldiers (obsolete because of military bas
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➜"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the
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Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law
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3rd Amendment facts - ans--
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This amendment was a direct result of British actions during the Revolutionary War and ha
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s only been done once in the history of the country - during the American Civil War
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-it is a right to privacy
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4th Amendment (1791) - ans-(Amendment IV)
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No unreasonable searches or seizures of personal property (protects against).
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➜"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, again
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st unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,
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but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmations, and particularly describing th
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e place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
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Patriot Act & 4th Amendment - ans-- qa qa qa qa qa qaqa




Patriot Act: gave the government sweeping new powers to spy on its own citizens-
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> to ensure security and social order.
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violates 4th Amendment which gives individual citizens the right to be secure in their "pers
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ons, houses, papers, and effects" and free from "unreasonable searches and seizures."
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