Apply the Bill of Rights to real Supreme Court cases

Grade 8 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Miranda v. Arizona (decided June 13, 1966)

   Box Facts: four cases in which people held by police were questioned without a full warning of their rights; their statements were used against them at trial. Box Question: Must police warn people in custody of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning?. Box Holding (5 to 4): yes: without warnings, statements from custodial questioning cannot be used. Box Right and power: Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, limiting police, who carry out the laws. Arrows: from Facts to Question: raise; from Question to Holding: answered by. Line 1 (Miranda v. Arizona (1966), 384 U.S. 436 (1966)): "He must be warned prior to any questioning that he has the right to remain silent, that anything he says can be used against him in a court of law, that he has the right to the presence of an attorney, and that if he cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for him prior to any questioning if he so desires." Below the diagram: custodial questioning means questioning by officers after a person is taken into custody.

2. 1.

   What had happened in each of the four cases, Luz asks?

   • Given a lawyer at once
   • Suspended from school
   • Freed without questions
   • Questioned without a full warning
3. 2.

   What was the vote in Miranda, Milo asks?

   • 7 to 2
   • 4 to 5
   • 5 to 4
   • 9 to 0
4. 3.

   What did the Court hold, Noah asks?

   • Each statement must be used at trial
   • Police may question with no warning
   • Statements without warnings can't be used
   • Judges, not police, must do the questioning
5. 4.

   By line 1, what is a person told first about speaking, Pia asks?

   • The right to remain silent
   • The duty to answer each question
   • The right to free speech at school
   • The right to a quick trial
6. 5.

   By line 1, what if a person cannot afford an attorney, Ren asks?

   • Police will act as the lawyer
   • The trial is canceled
   • The person must go without
   • One will be appointed first
7. 6.

   Which amendment and power does Miranda pair, Ari asks?

   • The Fifth, limiting police
   • The Tenth, limiting states
   • The Sixth, limiting Congress
   • The First, limiting schools
8. 7.

   Put the three cases in order of decision, Bo asks?

   • Miranda, Tinker, Gideon
   • Gideon, Miranda, Tinker
   • Gideon, Tinker, Miranda
   • Tinker, Gideon, Miranda
9. 8.

   Esme's note says, "Miranda was about the right to free speech." Which fix is right?

   • Change it: the Fifth, self-incrimination
   • Change Miranda to Tinker's year
   • Leave it: speaking is speech
   • Change speech to jury
10. 9.

    Jun's note says, "Miranda was decided unanimously." Which fix is right?

    • Change it to 7 to 2
    • Leave it: like Gideon
    • Change Miranda to Betts
    • Change unanimously to 5 to 4
11. 10.

    Kira's note says, "Police may use any statement, warned or not." Which fix is right?

    • Change police to teachers
    • Change warned to paid
    • Change it: not without warnings
    • Leave it: statements are evidence