The Bill of Rights in Your Life
Resources for Classrooms, Courtrooms, and the Curious
Bill of Rights Day is celebrated on December 15. The Federal Courts offer new resources every year that are ready for immediate courtroom and classroom use by judges, teachers, and students. They are meant to inform, involve and inspire citizens to appreciate and exercise the Bill of Rights in their life.
Get Informed
What Do You Know...About Your Bill of Rights?
Quick Take:
Test Yourself for Fun
For Teachers: Quiz - Bill of Rights Bowl
Get Involved
Teens Who Went to Court for Your Rights
Young people in school, on sports teams, in a journalism class, giving a speech, even students who were suspended from school – and many others – have asserted their rights all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. Would you take the initiative to get this involved?
Focus on the Fifth
This year is the 45th anniversary of Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court decision that underscores the Fifth Amendment's protections against self incrimination. A recent Supreme Court decision, J.D.B. v. North Carolina involved a 13-year-old boy. Apply what you learn from these two Supreme Court cases to a situation that you could find yourself in on your next trip to the shopping mall. Learn more
Get Inspired
Many federal judges have been touched by the Civil Rights Movement in their youth. Meet U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Roger L. Gregory who says that the struggle taught him that every challenge in his young life lifted him up and still helps him lift others along the way. Watch video 