Question

no bill of rights, no deal
f. amendments 9 & 10. study the text of the last two amendments in the bill of rights to help you figure the clues to the puzzle.
across

1. the 10th amendment deals with the______of government
2. a word that means \kept\
3. another word for \listing\
4. this amendment addresses the concern that the constitution can be interpreted as having unlimited power.

down

1. word that means \interpreted\
2. word that means \given\
3. the 9th amendment deals with peoples______
4. another word that means \kept\
5. this amendment addresses the concern that it could be dangerous to list some rights but not others.

g. criminal defense minus the bor? imagine a lawyer is defending a client who was charged with a crime after police showed up without a warrant, walked right into the clients home, and found drugs after searching every nook and cranny in the house. today, the lawyer would make an argument based on the 4th amendment. but what if there had never been a compromise, and no bill of rights was ever added to the constitution?
use what you learned in this lesson to craft a defense based on the constitution alone.
your honor, this was an outrageous invasion of my clients rights! the constitution protects my client from this sort of behavior because...
have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put into the hands of congress?

Explanation:

The 4th Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Without the Bill of Rights, one could argue that the Constitution's structure and principles, such as the separation of powers, imply that the government's actions must be reasonable. The lack of a warrant and the intrusive search may violate the idea of a just and balanced government structure as outlined in the Constitution.

Answer:

Your Honor, the Constitution is based on the principles of a just and balanced government. The lack of a warrant and the intrusive nature of the search by the police into my client's home are in violation of the very idea of a government that respects the rights and privacy of its citizens. The separation - of - powers concept inherent in the Constitution implies that the government's actions must be reasonable. Without a warrant, the police overstepped their bounds, and this search was an unreasonable invasion of my client's home, which goes against the spirit of the Constitution's structure.