RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS HANDOUT



RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS HANDOUT

Intelligent beings from another planet far away have landed near Norristown and they are most impressed with our rules and laws. They have looked at the rights in the PA and US Constitutions and they want to take those rights back with them to their home planet. However, despite their ability to travel across the universe, their memory chips only have room for 5 of the rights. They need your help to pick out the 5 best rights. Rank the list of rights below from one to 10, 1 being the best right and 10 being the least important right. You are free to add any other important rights that are not on this list.

|Ranking |Rights and Freedoms |

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| |Protection against unreasonable search and seizure |

| |US Constitution, 4th Amendment; PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 |

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| |Right to bear arms |

| |US Constitution, 2nd Amendment; PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 21 |

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| |Freedom of the press |

| |US Constitution, 1st Amendment; PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 7 |

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| |Freedom of religious exercise |

| |US Constitution, 41st Amendment; PA Constitution, Article 1, Sections 3&4 |

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| |Right to clean air and pure water |

| |PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 27 |

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| |Equal rights under the law for men and women |

| |PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 28 |

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| |Right to a lawyer |

| |US Constitution, 6th Amendment; PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 9 |

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| |Right to privacy |

| |Not specifically cited in either document |

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| |Freedom of speech |

| |US Constitution, 1st Amendment; PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 7 |

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| |Right to vote |

| |US Constitution, 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th Amendments; PA Constitution, Article 1, Section 5 |

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