The Rest of the Bill of Rights - Class Recap

Rays of the sun streaming through the flag of the United States, over the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Picture taken in 2011.

Hi everyone,

Welcome to your weekend! Lots of grading and work for me to do, but I am still looking forward to it, of course. Here's the recap for the day:

Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different branches of U.S. government.

Soundtrack: “99 Problems (Clean)" by Jay Z. Selected for today because it discusses the various protections that the Bill of Rights offers. Lyrics (which are decidedly NOT clean, but Rap Genius does offer some interesting interpretations of what they mean) here.

AGENDA 3/4/16:
News Brief - Elijah and Renee
Fourth Amendment
Pleading the Fifth
Bill of Rights Review

Homework: Read the blog! Keep reviewing the Bill of Rights for upcoming quiz (next week). Take the Political Spectrum test if you want. Next news brief: Amsilley.

News Brief: Elijah had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: OregonLive.com - It's official: Kate Brown signs minimum wage bill for $14.75 in Portland. This was a continuation of a story we had previously talked about, with the Oregon legislature passing the new minimum wage bill. It has now become law with Governor Kate Brown signing it! So, the minimum wage in Oregon will start to be raised, beginning in July. We talked about some of the reasons for why this happened and what impact it could have.

Renee also brought in a news brief about this article: NYTimes.com - Supreme Court Deals Blow to Obama’s Efforts to Regulate Coal Emissions. This was another relevant topic, as one other action the Oregon legislature recently took was to try and stop using coal for energy in Oregon in the upcoming future.

Amsilley volunteered to do the next news brief.

Fourth Amendment: Because I want to get done with the Bill of Rights, today we looked through the details of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments. We continued going through a packet of individual U.S. Supreme Court cases that helped set the scope of the Fourth Amendment. That packet is here:

Google Drive - Fourth Amendment Protections Handout

We finished the case on the last page today (Illinois v. McArthur), which basically said that police can have time to get a search warrant while a suspect is waiting.

Pleading The Fifth: I showed this clip to introduce the Fifth Amendment:

This led to another handout, going through the rights of the accused in the United States. I know it was a heavy day of handouts and readings, so I appreciate your focus and effort in looking at these together!

Google Drive - Rights of the Accused Handout

We went over the case studies and had some more good discussion about various student questions about what is and is not legal in terms of searches.

The cases we discussed were: Gideon v. Wainwright and Mapp v. Ohio.

Bill of Rights Review: We ran out of time at the end of class, and will continue to go review the Bill of Rights next class. Have a great weekend!