Our Rights - Supreme Court Activity
Balancing Individual Rights and Public Safety - If eliminating any of these rights would protect public safety, which would you choose? Why?
Some of Our Rights Under the Constitution
_______ Right to freedom of speech
_______ Right to bear arms
_______ Right to an attorney
_______ Right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment
_______ Right to freedom of the press
_______ Right to a jury trial
_______ Right to freedom of religion
_______ Right to peaceably assemble
_______ Protection from self-incrimination (testifying against yourself in a criminal trial)
_______ Right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures
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