Bill Of Rights: Case Study
Exploring Further: The Bill of Rights
For each situation you need to tell me: 1.Which amendment(s) deals with the issue(s) at hand? 2. What part of the amendment applies? (If it involves an amendment-such as the first that has more than one part) 3. Whether or not the Bill of Rights has been violated in some way. 4. If a part of the Bill of Rights has been violated, how? 1. A 20-year-old college student starts his own newspaper that often prints articles making fun of the local mayor. The mayor is angry and gets his aides to take the paper off newsstands before they can be distributed.
It deals with the first amendment section 1. The bill of rights has been violated because he didn’t get to express himself. 2. A woman is being …show more content…
A student wears a button to school urging people to vote for a certain candidate for President of the United States. Some other students don't like the candidate and ask the principal to force the student to take off the button. The principal refuses to tell the student to remove the button.
This deals with 1st amendment section 3. Bill of rights has not been violated. 4. A dentist is being sued for $500,000. He wants a jury to hear the case but the judge refuses his request.
This deals with the 17th amendment section 2. Bill of rights has been violated because it guarantees a trial if the value in controversy exceeds $20.00. 5. A young man is being tried for treason. He is accused of selling plans for building a nuclear warhead to Iran. The judge believes it would be dangerous to allow the public to hear his ideas. He refuses to allow anyone to view the trial.
This deals with the 6th amendment because it guarantees a public trial. 6. 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
For each situation you need to tell me: 1.Which amendment(s) deals with the issue(s) at hand? 2. What part of the amendment applies? (If it involves an amendment-such as the first that has more than one part) 3. Whether or not the Bill of Rights has been violated in some way. 4. If a part of the Bill of Rights has been violated, how? 1. A 20-year-old college student starts his own newspaper that often prints articles making fun of the local mayor. The mayor is angry and gets his aides to take the paper off newsstands before they can be distributed.
It deals with the first amendment section 1. The bill of rights has been violated because he didn’t get to express himself. 2. A woman is being …show more content…
A student wears a button to school urging people to vote for a certain candidate for President of the United States. Some other students don't like the candidate and ask the principal to force the student to take off the button. The principal refuses to tell the student to remove the button.
This deals with 1st amendment section 3. Bill of rights has not been violated. 4. A dentist is being sued for $500,000. He wants a jury to hear the case but the judge refuses his request.
This deals with the 17th amendment section 2. Bill of rights has been violated because it guarantees a trial if the value in controversy exceeds $20.00. 5. A young man is being tried for treason. He is accused of selling plans for building a nuclear warhead to Iran. The judge believes it would be dangerous to allow the public to hear his ideas. He refuses to allow anyone to view the trial.
This deals with the 6th amendment because it guarantees a public trial. 6. 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