You choose to have your civil case heard by a jury. What amendment have you used?

A person decides to write a petition to stop a waste water treatment center from building near his/her town. What amendment are they exercising?

The police come to your house and arrest your father for having a gun which he legally owns. What amendment has been violated?

The government forces you to house 5 soldiers in your home. What amendment does not allow this?

A police officer pulls you over for speeding. He has you step out of the car and then searches it. He has no warrant or probably cause. What amendment protects you from this?

A person is found not guilty of armed robbery. The courts decide to try him again. What amendment does not allow this?

A person is arrested but never sees a judge or courtroom. He is kept in jails for 18 months. What amendment was violated?

A person is sentenced to death for murder. The governor chooses to let the person be executed by having him thrown out of an airplane. What amendment has been violated?

The government passes a new law that says that no one in America is allowed to wear the color blue on Tuesdays anymore. What amendment says the government cannot do this?

The government says that states can't decide to build roads in their state. What amendment has been violated?

A 20 year old college student starts his own newspaper which often prints articles making fun of the local mayor. The mayor is angry and gets his aides to take the papers off the stands before they can be distributed.

A woman is being tried for murder. The prosecuting attorney forces her to take the stand and testify.

A teacher wears a button to school urging people to vote for a certain candidate for President of the United States. Some other theachers don't like the candidate and ask the principal to force the teacher to take off the button.

A dentist is being sued for $500,000. He wants a jury to hear the case but the judge refuses his request.

A young woman is being tried for treason. She is accused of selling plans for building a nuclear warhead to Iran. The judge believes it would be dangerous to let the public hear her ideas. He refuses to allow anyone to view the trial.

A group of teenagers gather quietly on a street corner. Neighbors complain and ask the police to arrest them for getting together as a group. The police refuse.

A town needs more land to build a new elementary school. A woman's property is needed, but she wants to keep it. The town forces her to sell and gives her twice the property's actual value. She sues to get her land back.

The government tries a man for murder and loses the case. A jury says he is innocent. The district attorney who prosecuted the case is mad and promises to keep trying him until they get a jury to convict him. The defendant thinks this is unfair.

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