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    The document describes a classroom activity where students will be assigned roles to debate scenarios involving constitutional rights cases. Students will be divided into groups and assigned roles as a judge, prosecutor, or defendant. They will read scenarios describing past Supreme Court cases and argue whether the defendant's constitutional rights were violated. After debating within their groups, the class will discuss each case and compare their rulings to the actual Supreme Court decisions.

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    Names: _______________________________________________________________________

    Date: ___________________________

    Bill of Rights Scenarios


    Instructions: I will be putting you all into groups of 3. I will assign each member a specific role.
    You will either act as judge, jury, prosecutor or defendant. Your group will be given a sheet of
    paper containing scenarios about your constitutional rights. You will determine if the defendant’s
    constitutional rights were violated during their trial and which rights were violated.
    Roles:
    ● Defendant will argue why their rights were violated
    ● Prosecutor will argue why their rights were NOT violated
    ● Judge will decide whether or not constitutional rights were violated or if the trial is fair
    and should continue.

    Scenario #1: Adams v. Williams


    “During the early morning hours of October 30, 1966, an individual approached a police officer
    in a gas station parking lot in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and informed him that another individual
    in a nearby vehicle was carrying narcotics and had a gun at his waist. The officer approached the
    vehicle on foot and asked the occupant, Robert Williams, to open the door. When Williams rolled
    down the window instead, the officer reached into the car and removed a gun from Williams’
    waistband, though the gun was not visible from outside the vehicle. The officer then arrested
    Williams for unlawful possession of a firearm and proceeded to search his vehicle, where he
    found heroin. Williams was convicted in a Connecticut state court of possession of a handgun
    and heroin.”

    So was the police officer justified in this search and seizure?

    Possible Right Violations: _______________________________________________________

    Prosecutor: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Defendant: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Judge’s Ruling: _______________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________
    Scenario #2: Arizona v. Robenson

    “On April 16, 1985, Ronald William Roberson was arrested at the scene of a burglary. The
    arresting officer read him his Miranda rights, and Roberson asked to see an attorney before
    answering any questions. On April 19, while Roberson was still in custody on the burglary
    charge, a different officer, who was unaware that Roberson had requested counsel, interrogated
    him regarding a robbery that happened on April 15. During this questioning, Roberson gave an
    incriminating statement. At trial, the trial court suppressed the statement and held that his
    interrogation without his attorney present after he had requested one violated his Fifth
    Amendment right to counsel. The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed, and the Arizona Supreme
    Court denied the petition for review.”

    Does the interrogation of a suspect after he has requested counsel regarding a separate
    investigation violate the defendant’s rights?

    Possible Right Violations: _______________________________________________________

    Prosecutor: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Defendant: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Judge’s Ruling: _______________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Scenario #3: Apodaca v. Oregon

    “Apodaca and two other defendants were convicted of assault, burglary, and grand larceny before
    three separate juries, all of which returned verdicts which were less than unanimous. Two of the
    cases were 11-1 and the other was 10-2 in favor of conviction.”

    Is a defendant's right to a trial by jury in a criminal case in a state court violated if the
    accused is convicted by a less-than-unanimous jury?

    Possible Right Violations: _______________________________________________________


    Prosecutor: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Defendant: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Judge’s Ruling: _______________________________________________________________

    Scenario #4:

    “A woman whose picture went viral after she raised her middle finger at Donald Trump as his
    motorcade passed her on her bicycle has been fired from her job.The woman repeated her gesture
    once she had caught up with the motorcade. Hail to the chief: cyclist gives Trump the middle
    finger Juli Briskman was cycling in Virginia last month when she offered the gesture in a gut
    reaction to Trump’s policies, she said. “He was passing by and my blood just started to boil,” she
    told the Huffington Post. “I’m thinking, Daca recipients are getting kicked out. He pulled ads for
    open enrollment in Obamacare. Only one third of Puerto Rico has power. I’m thinking, he’s at
    the damn golf course again.”

    Which right was violated? Was it even violated by getting fired from her job?

    Possible Right Violations: _______________________________________________________

    Prosecutor: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Defendant: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Judge’s Ruling: _______________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________
    Scenario #5: Arizona v. United States

    “On April 23, 2010, the Arizona State Legislature passed S.B. 1070; Governor Jan Brewer
    signed the bill into law. On July 6, 2010, the United States sought to stop the enforcement of S.B.
    1070 in federal district court before the law could take effect. The district court did not enjoin the
    entire act, but it did enjoin four provisions. The court enjoined provisions that (1) created a
    state-law crime for being unlawfully present in the United States, (2) created a state-law crime
    for working or seeking work while not authorized to do so, (3) required state and local officers to
    verify the citizenship or alien status of anyone who was lawfully arrested or detained, and (4)
    authorized warrantless arrests of aliens believed to be removable from the United States.”

    Do the federal immigration laws preclude Arizona's efforts at cooperative law enforcement
    and preempt the four provisions of S.B. 1070 on their face?

    Possible Right Violations: _______________________________________________________

    Prosecutor: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Defendant: ___________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Judge’s Ruling: _______________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    After you have finished reading the cases and writing in your arguments, you will debate

    among your group (prosecutor vs. defendant) on which rights were violated and why they were

    (or not) violated. The judge will hear both sides of the case and make a decision. After

    everything is done, we will go into a classroom discussion on each case to hear if any rulings

    were different. At the end of discussion, I will reveal what the Supreme Court actually ruled

    and why.

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