Rights Check

Which amendment is doing the work here?

Skill this builds

Identify which constitutional amendment protects a right in a real-life situation, so you can name the protection you are relying on.

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About 7 minutes · Standards: C3, NCSS · Plays offline

Each card is a situation. Put it with the amendment that protects it. This describes what the text says and how courts have read it — it is not legal advice, and it is not a prediction about your case.

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An officer searches your car with no warrant, no consent, and no emergency.

The point

Rights are not a mood — each one is a specific sentence in a specific place, with a specific history of being tested. Knowing which sentence you're standing on is the difference between a feeling and a claim.