Class 8 - Nov. 11 - Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments
Eighth Amendment Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Ninth Amendment The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights,
shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by
the people. Tenth Amendment The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people.
Article VI, Clause 2: Supremacy Clause
This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall
be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which
shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall
be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state
shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of
any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Class 7 - Nov. 4 - Sixth and Seventh Amendments
Sixth Amendment: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the
right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the
State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously ascertained by law,
and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to
be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the
Assistance of Counsel for his defense.
Seventh Amendment:
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall
exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be
preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise
re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to
the rules of the common law.
Class 6 - Oct. 28 - Equal Protection
Text of Fifth Amendment
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or
otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of
a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces,
or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public
danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be
twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in
any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be
deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of
law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation."
Text of the Fourteenth Amendment
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and
of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive
any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of
law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws."
Planned Parenthood v. Casey: "As with any medical procedure, the State may enact
regulations to further the health or safety of a woman seeking
an abortion. Unnecessary health regulations that have the
purpose or effect of presenting a substantial obstacle to a
woman seeking an abortion impose an undue burden on the
right."
Class 4 - Oct. 14, 2021 - Double Jeopardy, the privilege against
self-incrimination, and the Takings Clause
Text of Fifth Amendment
"No person shall be held to answer for a
capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or
indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land
or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in
time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject
for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a
witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor shall private property
be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Double Jeopardy - "nor shall any person be
subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life
or limb"
Privilege Against Self-Incrimination - "nor
shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself"
Takings Clause - "nor shall private property
be taken for public use, without just compensation"
Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States
by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Class 3 - Oct. 7, 2021 - The Second, Third, and Fourth
Amendments
Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep
and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Third Amendment: 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.
Fourth Amendment: 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.
Probable Cause: “Probable cause” exists where “the facts and
circumstances within their [the officers’] knowledge and of
which they had reasonably trustworthy information [are]
sufficient in themselves to warrant a [person] of reasonable
caution in the belief” that evidence of a crime would be found
in a search.
Class 2 - Sept. 30, 2021 - The Religion Clauses
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances.
Text of First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government
for a redress of grievances.