The Bill of Rights the Supreme Court and YOU!

​

• Students will learn their rights as citizens of the United States and understand the circumstances in which sometimes those rights are not upheld.

​

Ms. Bisbee’s 8th Grade Class -unit taught by Elizabeth Callery

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000)

Holding: Students may not use a school's loudspeaker system to offer student-led, student-initiated prayer.

Before football games, members of the student body of a Texas high school elected one of their classmates to address the players and spectators. These addresses were conducted over the school's loudspeakers and usually involved a prayer. Attendance at these events was voluntary. Three students sued the school arguing that the prayers violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. A majority of the Court rejected the school's argument that since the prayer was student initiated and student led, as opposed to officially sponsored by the school, it did not violate the First Amendment. The Court held that this action did constitute school-sponsored prayer because the loudspeakers that the students used for their invocations were owned by the school.

Freedom of Religion

TEXAS VS. JOHNSON

Freedom to Petition!!

​

Yes you can even petition

​

Your Mom’s Eggplant :)

YOU SAY YOU WANNA REVOLUTION? The Ideas of our Constitution in the USA is Exactly THAT!

You say you'll change the constitution

Well, you know

We all want to change your head

You tell me it's the institution

Well, you know

You better free you mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao

You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know it's gonna be all right?

All right, all right

​

​