Establishment of religion OR free exercise
Ex: n the fall of 2015, student groups on the
Ex: This picture shows family entering in one of
Hindu Mandir in Houston shows the free
exercise of religion found in the 1st
amendment.
MyWheelLife.com
Right to peaceably assemble
Freedom of speech
Ex: Times published an article about the
campuses of the University of Missouri and
Yale University led protests in the wake of a
series of racially-motivated offenses that many
students saw as part of a history of unsafe or
hostile campus climates for students of color,
particularly black students. Offenses included
verbal, emotional, and physical abuse. This
picture shows the free exercise on freedom
speech peacefully found in the 1st
amendment.
http://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/case-
study/freedom-speech-campus
Right to petition government
Freedom of the press
women accusing Trump of assault, the
candidate claimed he was going to
sue the newspaper and the women who
went on the record. Published articles
shows the example of freedom of press
found in the 1st amendment.
http://www.newsweek.com/2016-
election-donald-trump-press-
freedom-first-amendment-520389
A reporter in West Virginia who was
arrested four months ago after he
aggressively questioned Tom Price, the
secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services, will not be
prosecuted. Arrest of Dan Heyman, had
stoked concerns about possible efforts to
stymie the free press.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/
06/business/media/tom-price-
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Right to bear arms
District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme
Court conclusively ruled that the "right to bear
arms" is an individual right.
http://www.revolutionary-war-and-
beyond.com/2nd-amendment.html
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be
quartered in any house, without the
consent of the Owner, nor in time of
war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law.
Ex: Engblom vs. Carey: Several New
York corrections officials were evicted
from their homes on the prison
grounds during a strike
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/proje
cts/ftrials/conlaw/engblom.html
Anthony Mitchell Lawsuit
A Nevada family is using a rare legal
argument in a lawsuit claiming police
tried to commandeer their homes for a
surveillance operation and then
arrested the homeowners for resisting.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201
3/07/08/family-booted-from-home-
for-police-detail-suing-with-rare-use-
third-amendment.html
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.
United States v. Whitaker:
Use of a drug-sniffing dog at an apartment door
is a ‘search,’ 7th Circuit holds
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/vol
okh-conspiracy/wp/2016/04/13/use-of-a-
drug-sniffing-dog-at-an-apartment-door-is-
a-search-7th-circuit-holds/?
utm_term=.c6f152573062
Seventh

Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle
The Double Jeopardy Clause bars Puerto Rico
and the United States from successively
prosecuting a single person for the same
conduct under equivalent criminal laws.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/15-108
Montgomery v. Louisiana that its ban on
mandatory life-without-parole sentences for
juvenile offenders also applied retroactively,
making inmates nationwide eligible for
resentencing or the possibility of eventual
freedom..
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/14-449
Luis v. United States
The pretrial freeze of a criminal
defendant's legitimate, untainted
assets violates the Sixth Amendment
right to counsel of choice
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-
files/cases/luis-v-united-states/
Doctor fought for jury trial:
A $200 mistake cost Dr. Morris Kinast his right to
a jury trial. So later this month, the process of
defending the doctor will continue in a civil
bench trial, before a solitary judge.
http://www.cantonrep.com/x1457732767/B
ill-of-Rights-Part-7-Doctor-fought-for-jury-
trial-and-lost
Roe v. Wade: Case was filed on
behalf of a pregnant single woman,
who challenged a Texas law that
permitted abortion only to save the
life of the mother. Christie v. NCAA is a Tenth Amendment
The Ninth Amendment’s vague case. At issue is whether the federal
wording has granted individuals a government has the right to control
legitimate right to privacy that state lawmaking. The State of New
other amendments in the Bill of Jersey seeks to have the Professional
Rights cannot provide. and Amateur Sports Protection Act
The right to privacy and the right to
overturned, allowing state-sponsored
liberty have been included in the
sports betting.
Ninth Amendment’s vague
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-476
language in order to protect those
rights not explicitly included in the
Bill of Rights.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/
70-18