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Ages: 10 - 18
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In this video clip, learn about the fourth amendment. The fourth amendment to the constitution guarantees the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, and is often argued as protecting our right to privacy. (4:04)
March 20, 2012 at 02:46 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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In this video clip, learn about the 8th amendment of the United States Constitution. The 8th amendment of the U.S. constitution protects against excessive bail and cruel or unusual punishments. (2:50)
March 20, 2012 at 01:44 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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In this video clip, learn about the origins of the second amendment of the United States Constitution. Learn why the framers of the U.S. constitution demanded the right of the people to keep and bear arms. (3:22)
March 20, 2012 at 02:24 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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In this video clip, learn about the importance of the first amendment of the Constitution. Learn why the states wanted to ensure that the Federal government did not establish a national religion and why the freedoms of press, speech and assembly were... so important to the Founding Fathers. (6:08)
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March 20, 2012 at 01:40 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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In this video clip, learn about the sixth amendment and how it guarantees the right to a speedy trial by jury in the district where the crime was committed and the opportunity to question witnesses. It's fundamental to modern justice. (4:30)
March 20, 2012 at 02:53 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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In this video clip, learn about the ninth amendment of the United States Constitution. When James Madison penned the Bill of Rights, some worried that by writing some things down; it meant other rights were not secured. The ninth amendment attempted ...to correct that. (2:26)
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March 20, 2012 at 01:48 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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After years of radical republicans in Congress working to ensure the protection of the blacks in the South to gain education, buy property, marry, run for office, and vote, white Southerners as well as Northerners tired of Reconstruction. This shift ...in attitude was acknowledged and echoed by all but one justice on the Supreme Court in their decision in 1883 to render in instances of violation of civil liberties that “individual behaviors do not offend the Constitution.” This decision marked the end of federal protections for individuals in states and the beginning of Jim Crow segregation. In the second of two video segments from The Supreme Court, learn how this momentous decision evolved. To learn more, see “The Fourteenth Amendment - Part I.” (5:08)
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March 20, 2012 at 11:55 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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In this video clip, learn how the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees many rights for citizens accused of crimes, not the least of which is the protection against self-incrimination. (3:16)
March 20, 2012 at 02:35 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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By the end of the Civil War, the Union victory over the Confederate states marked a dramatic change in American history with the abolition of slavery and new amendments written into the U.S. Constitution. Passed in 1868, the 14th Amendment gave Congr...ess special powers to protect and enforce the rights of former slaves in Southern states that adopted the greatest resistance to the new set of liberties afforded African Americans through citizenship. In this first of two video segments from The Supreme Court, learn how the nine justices evolved in their decisions to interpret the 14th Amendment as the nation moved forward after the war. To learn more, see “The Fourteenth Amendment - Part II.” (1:30)
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March 20, 2012 at 11:52 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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The seventh amendment gives the right to a jury trial for any civil case over property more than $20. In this video clip, learn more about this United States Constitution amendment. (2:37)
March 20, 2012 at 02:59 PM
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