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Prompt 1: What constitutes an unreasonable search, requiring a warrant?

Prompt 2: What is the significance of the Supreme Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona? What civil liberties must be told to alleged suspects upon arrest?

Prompt 3: Does the Second Amendment serve a collective purpose (that it is meant to support "well-regulated militias"), or does it serve to secure an individual right to gun ownership? What are the consequences of an individualist versus a collectivist approach to interpreting the Second Amendment?

Prompt 4: Is there speech that should be banned because it does not contribute to the exchange of ideas? How do we determine what speech should be protected because it contributes to this exchange and what speech does not? Should the First Amendment's protection of free speech apply even when that speech is seen as offensive?

Prompt 5: Despite the establishment clause, the United States still uses the motto "In God We Trust" and calls itself "one nation, under God." Do you think its reference to God is a violation of the separation of church and state?

Prompt 6: What is the difference between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause found in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?

Discussion Board Guidelines:
Select one of the prompts and answer the questions in two hundred words or more, at the end of your writing make a question for your classmates about the prompt you selected. You can use your textbook and online resources to help you, however, your sources must be cited. Your reply must be a full page in mIa format without a header (name, date, class, etc.)