Joey DiFabio, Belle Eliason, Rachael Monahan
Mt. Rainier H.S. We the People
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Unit 5, Round 1 - WTP Finals
Samuel Oppong and Brian Webb:
Unit 5: What Rights Does the Bill of Rights Protect?
Unit 5: What Rights Does the Bill of Rights Protect?
“The jury, which is the most energetic means
of making the people rule, is also the most efficacious [effective] means of
teaching it how to rule well.”* In what ways, if any, does the jury allow the people
to check the power of government?
- In what ways, if any, does serving on juries teach
people “how to rule well”?
- What is the relationship, if any, between the Sixth Amendment’s requirement of “the right to a speedy and public trial” and limited government?
* Alexis de Tocqueville, quoted in Democracy in
America, Phillips Bradley, ed. (New York: Vintage, 1965), 293–94.
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