Bill of Rights

By: Emilie Tronoski, Danielle Remy

and Lauren Seitz
Vocabulary
- Amendment: A change to the Constitution
- Warrant
- Search and Seizure
- Grand Jury
- Double Jeopardy
- Due Process
- Self-Incrimination
- Miranda Rights
- Eminent Domain
Amendment IV
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.
Amendment IV: Searches and Seizures
- Rights of people accused of a crime
- Protects improper searches of bodies, possessions and homes
- Search and seizure- a procedure that allows authorities to search a persons
property if a warrant is present
- Detailed warrant is needed
- Warrant - a document issued by a legal government official to make an arrest,
search premises, or carry out another action
- Good reason for the search (probable cause)
Amendment V
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 offense 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.
Amendment V
- Innocent until proven guilty
- Grand Jury: looks at the charges before brought to trial
- Cannot be tried twice for the same crime
- Self-incrimination: cannot be forced to testify against themselves
- Produce evidence necessary
- Miranda Rights
- The right to remain silent Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any
questioning
- Due Process: fair treatment in the judicial system
- Eminent Domain: requires the government to pay citizens when it takes over their property for public
use