Question

Working with your partner, identify which amendment would apply to each situation.

1. A farm owner is running for President, promising to require all states in the U.S. to set the same
requirements for graduation from high school, including an agriculture course. the situation
describes in Seenorio I relates to the lothe amendment.
2. A person owns a large apple orchard located on land the government needs to expand an
interstate highway. 5th amendment
3. A person is arrested and thrown in jail. When he asks to know the charges, he is told "Sorry, we
don't provide that information until time for trial." (th amendment
4. A person is fined $20,000 for sticking his used piece of chewing gum under the subway seat.
8th amendment
5. A priest is told he cannot be a candidate for the public school board because of his position in the
church. Ist amendment
6. A person wants a jury to hear her lawsuit against a dry cleaner who ruined her $40 silk scarf.
5th amendment
7. An actress is found not guilty of charges that she intentionally drowned her husband. New
evidence is found that would prove she indeed did do the crime.
8. A person decides to start answering questions about his role in various bank robberies, but in the
middle of the interview with police, he says he wants to "take it all back and not answer any more
questions." He is told "Sorry, Sir, but you gave up your right to remain silent, and now you must tell
us anything we want to know."
9. Based on an anonymous tip, police suspect a person of hiding an illegal substance in his home, so
they kick in the door to search at 2:00 a.m.
10. The local military barracks is overcrowded, so authorities come to a chef's home and tell her that
since she is such a good cook, they are bringing ten soldiers to live in her home.
11. New City High School, one of ten high schools in town, wants to hold its annual homecoming
parade on Main Street at 5:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
12. A high profile trial is scheduled to start next week, and because of the graphic evidence to be
presented against him, the judge wants to exclude all spectators from the courtroom, allowing only
himself, the accused, the lawyers, the jury, the witnesses, and court employees in the courtroom.

Answer 1

The amendments that would apply to each situation are as follows;

1. Tenth
2. Fifth
3. Sixth
4. Eight
5. First
6. Seventh
7. Fifth
8. Fifth
9. Fourth
10. Third
11. First
12. Sixth

Amendments are those provisions that are made by the Constitution of the United States to allow the people to live in peace. The different scenarios are applicable to several kinds of amendments. For instance, in the first scenario, the farm owner is running for president and promises to set the same standards for all students.

This applies to the Tenth Amendment wherein powers that are not reserved to the federal government are assigned to the states. The farm owner's proposal means that the states would adopt a uniform graduation standard and this can affect their reserved powers.