Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 2: Warrants and General Warrants
Explains what warrants and general warrants are and how they are used.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 3: General Warrants in Colonies
Prior to the 4th and 5th Amendments, general warrants were used by the British to determine whether an American colonist was violating British laws, e.g., by smuggling.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt.15: Right Against Self Incrimination
This podcast discusses the right against self-incrimination and the concept of use immunity.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 16: Self Incrimination's History
Explains the Fifth Amendment's limitation of the government's power to obtain incriminating statements.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 17: Self Incrimination Protections
Explains how the Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination is a personal right and what this fact means.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 19: Dickerson v. United States
Discusses the controversy around the Miranda rule, attempts to change it, and the Dickerson v. United States case in which it was upheld.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments Pt. 1: Introduction
Introduces a series on the Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments Pt. 3: Procedural Rights
Procedural rights establish rules that must be followed when someone is prosecuted for a crime. Some criminal acts are heard under federal court laws as they extend beyond state boundaries.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments Pt. 6: Indictments
An indictment is a formal statement of charges which must be presented by government prosecutors in advance of a trial, to enable the preparation of a defense. The indictment is delivered before a grand jury.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments Pt. 7: State Indictment Procedures
The 5th Amendment stipulation to use a grand jury for indictments applies to federal but not to state courts. States often rely on preliminary hearings before judges rather than juries.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments Pt. 11: Criminal Trial
The 5th and 6th Amendments protect the rights of defendants to fair treatment in a criminal trial by establishing a strict set of procedures that must be followed.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments Pt. 20: No Double Jeopardy
The concept of no double jeopardy is explained in this podcast. This is one of three rights criminal defendants have after being tried.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: The Right to Remain Silent: Miranda v. Arizona
This documentary explores the landmark Supreme Court decision Miranda v. Arizonathat said criminal suspects, at the time of their arrest but before any interrogation, must be told of their Fifth Amendment protection...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: The Story of the Bill of Rights
Eleven short documentaries tell the story of these individual freedoms that often are taken for granted today. But in 1787, when they were first discussed at the Constitutional Convention, the Founding Fathers rejected them. Why were...
Crash Course
Crash Course Government and Politics #28: Due Process of Law
Crash Course video on government and politcs in which host Craig Benzine discusses the 5th and 6th Amendments ensuring the right to a fair trial. [8:28]