Street Law
Reflection
For this project we studied “street law,” or more SPECIFICALLY a citizen’s rights under the fourth and fifth amendments to the constitution. We also studied students’ rights at their schools, under which they have less protection under the Bill of Rights. We had one central guiding question which was, “How do we balance the need for personal privacy (liberty) with the need to keep a safe, orderly, and just society?” The main goals of the mini project were to identify situations in which police can legally arrest/detain you both with and without a warrant, explain the legal difference between a hunch, suspicion, reasonable suspicion, and probable cause, and apply these differences to real-life situations. Know what to do (and what not to do) during an encounter with the police, know the freedoms and restrictions on police search and seizure (when, where why and under what circumstances a person or item may be searched or 'seized'), understand that these protections come directly from the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution, present what they know to the larger student body individually, or in small groups, in a way that is fitting and appropriate.
For my mini project I created a flyer on your rights as a regular civilian. This was made so that a normal person would be informed on what would happen within a certain scenario. The system is very simple to follow but very hard to get confused in so in my flyer i left a bunch of tips on what to look out for. This flyer was very helpful and engaged my thinking because it really made me see how this government controls our life and what ways you can fight the system and f you follow it correctly you won't get in trouble.
For this project we studied “street law,” or more SPECIFICALLY a citizen’s rights under the fourth and fifth amendments to the constitution. We also studied students’ rights at their schools, under which they have less protection under the Bill of Rights. We had one central guiding question which was, “How do we balance the need for personal privacy (liberty) with the need to keep a safe, orderly, and just society?” The main goals of the mini project were to identify situations in which police can legally arrest/detain you both with and without a warrant, explain the legal difference between a hunch, suspicion, reasonable suspicion, and probable cause, and apply these differences to real-life situations. Know what to do (and what not to do) during an encounter with the police, know the freedoms and restrictions on police search and seizure (when, where why and under what circumstances a person or item may be searched or 'seized'), understand that these protections come directly from the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution, present what they know to the larger student body individually, or in small groups, in a way that is fitting and appropriate.
For my mini project I created a flyer on your rights as a regular civilian. This was made so that a normal person would be informed on what would happen within a certain scenario. The system is very simple to follow but very hard to get confused in so in my flyer i left a bunch of tips on what to look out for. This flyer was very helpful and engaged my thinking because it really made me see how this government controls our life and what ways you can fight the system and f you follow it correctly you won't get in trouble.