Name: ______________________________!

Mod: ________
Date: _______________________________! U2.LP10. 14th Amendment and Amendment Process

Objective

Objective: SW describe the fourteenth amendment and the amendment process in order to analyze
supreme court cases and the amendment process.
WARM-UP

Warm up: Match the terms with the examples.

_____ 1. Popular Sovereignty A. Voting
_____ 2. Limited Government B. Congress makes laws
_____ 3. Checks and Balances C. Brown v. Board of Education
_____ 4. Separation of Powers D. Bill of Rights
_____ 5. Judicial Review E. Vetoing

Critical Reading: Read the questions before reading the Critical Reading. Then answer the questions.
1. How does Californiaʼs ban violate the 14th Amendmentʼs equal protection clause? _______________

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2. Do you agree with Californiaʼs ban? Why or why not? _____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday about the federal court's decision to throw out
California's ban on violent games.

California's law would have regulated games more like pornography than movies, prohibiting the sale or
rental of games that give players the option of "killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting
an image of a human being" to anyone under the age of 18.

The federal court said the law violated minors' constitutional rights under the First and Fourteenth
amendments and the state lacked enough evidence to prove violent games cause physical and
psychological harm to minors. The first amendment protects freedom of speech. The fourteenth
amendment prohibits states from denying due process of equal protection under the law.

Introduction to New Material

Main Idea Supporting Details

14th Amendment - The ________________ Amendment was created to make sure that
____________ do not abuse their powers when they _____________ and try
people and do not _____________________ against people.
 Main Idea Supporting Details

14th Amendment - The ___________________ clause requires that states protects peopleʼs rights
Due Process Clause when accused of crimes.

Some examples of following due process clause are

- informing people of their rights when taking into _____________
- informing people of their ___________
- obtaining ________________ legally
- offering a defendant a _____________
- not requiring the defendant be a ________________

The ______________________ clause requires that states do not

14th Amendment -
Equal Protection _______________ or treat people unfairly.
Clause
Some examples of following the equal protection clause are
- allowing all registered voters to cast their ballots.
- enforcing ___________________________________ laws
- ______________________ schools.
- allowing _______________________ to maintain their __________________.

Amendment Process The Constitution is a _____________________ because it can be

___________________ through adding amendments.

________________________ the Constitution is an act of ________________.

It takes the National and States working together to
________________________________ to the Constitution.

Video on Amendment
(Write 5 supporting details about how to amend the constitution)
Process

Guided Practice

Example: A man is denied the right to a lawyer.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

1. When Mr. White is taken into custody for violating curking out he is informed of his rights.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

2. Fairmont prohibits qualified girls from playing varsity football.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

3. The state of Maryland installs wheel chair ramps in all government buildings.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

4. In Utah, students from a Native American reservation had to travel 90 miles to the nearest high
school.
A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

5. A female student seeking admission to the all-male Virginia Military Institute (VMI) was denied
admission even though she fit all the requirements.
A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

6. A woman is jailed for several weeks before being charged with a crime.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

7. Gideon was denied a court-appointed attorney to represent him.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

8. A speedy trial is guaranteed to a defendant.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

9. A judge requires that a defendant testify (be a witness) in her own trial.

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?

10. (Write your own example)

A. Is this person being discriminated against?

B. Is this legal under the fourteenth amendment? Yes No

C.Does this deal with the due process clause or equal protection clause?

D. How do you know?