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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/rights-and-constitution/ by Jesse Hagopian ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT]
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/rights-and-constitution/ by Jesse Hagopian ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT]
  In a time when powerful figures claim to defend the Constitution while undermining it, students must know their rights — not just to pass a test, but to protect themselves. They need to understand their right to remain silent (5th Amendment); their right to birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection of the law for all people (14th Amendment); and their right to speak out and protest injustice (1st Amendment); and their protection from unreasonable searches and seizures (4th Amendment), which is especially critical today as surveillance technologies expand and law enforcement agencies disproportionately target marginalized communities.
  In a time when powerful figures claim to defend the Constitution while undermining it, students must know their rights — not just to pass a test, but to protect themselves. They need to understand their right to remain silent (5th Amendment); their right to birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection of the law for all people (14th Amendment); and their right to speak out and protest injustice (1st Amendment); and their protection from unreasonable searches and seizures (4th Amendment), which is especially critical today as surveillance technologies expand and law enforcement agencies disproportionately target marginalized communities.
=====The United States Bill of Rights: First 10 Amendments to the Constitution=====
[https://www.aclu.org/documents/united-states-bill-rights-first-10-amendments-constitution by 8/5/17 ACLU]
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.
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