Unit I Lesson 14

The 9th and 10th Amendments

Essential Question:

• Why is it important to explicitly state rights like those found in the Bill of Rights?

• What role has beliefs and ideals played in interpreting the first amendment over time?

Plead the “Fifth” = Fifth Amendment

“Grand Jury”

Indicted “Eminent Domain”Abuses

orFive “Doubled”

(Double Jeopardy) = Ten Amendments in the Bill of Rights

Indicted

Due Process

“Speedy Sixth”

(Criminal Cases)

The 7th Amendment Civil Cases

Trial by Jury

“Civil Seven”

Excessive Fines

Excessive Bail

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

The enumeration* in the Constitution, of certain

rights, shall not be construed* to deny or

disparage others retained by the people

The 9th Amendment

*Enumeration:

“Writing”

*Construed:

“Interpreted”

The 9th Amendment- Citizens have more rights than those that are “enumerated”

(specifically listed) in the U.S. Constitution (ex. right to privacy)

“Enumerated” “Enumerated”

“Enumerated” “Enumerated”

“Enumerate”

“Right to Privacy?”

“Enumerated”

Judicial Branch

Implied

“Unenumerated”

The powers not “delegated” to the United States by the Constitution

are “reserved” to the States

The 10th Amendment

“Delegated”

The 10th Amendment- Any lawmaking powers not specifically “delegated” (given) to the national government

are “reserved” (kept) by the states

“The Congress shall have Power to

Raise and Support an Army ”

“The Congress shall have Power to Coin Money”

“The Congress shall have Power to

Negotiate Treaties”

“Delegated Powers”

“Rights” “Enumerated”

“Unenumerated”

“Powers”

“The Congress shall have Power to Coin Money”

The Constitution gives certain “enumerated”, or spelled out

powers to the federal government; everything else is

supposed to be left to the STATES

The 10th Amendment

MarriageLaws?

Capital Punishment

?

Education Standards

?

DrugLegalization

?

1790-2015

The “right to privacy” is an unenumerated right suggested throughout the Constitution

and reinforced by the:

A. Necessary and Proper Clause

B. Elastic Clause

C. Ninth Amendment

D. Tenth Amendment  

The Founders did not include an explicit statement of state powers in the U.S. Constitution, but added it later in the:

A. Seventh Amendment

B. Eighth Amendment

C. Ninth Amendment

D. Tenth Amendment  

 

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the

people”

Which principle of government is derived from the amendment above?

A. Separation of Powers

B. Checks and Balances

C. Federalism

D. Representative Democracy

Which of the following was the most important effect of replacing the Articles of Confederation

with the U.S. Constitution in 1787?

A. The establishment of a new nation separate from Great Britain

B. The end of political division within the United States

C. The establishment of a direct democracy

D. The creation of a stronger national government balanced with the rights of states and the people

 

 

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