Scenario #4

Mr. Reynolds, an avid hunter, opens the door of his home one day to find agents From the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms outside. They inform him that certain provisions of a new federal law allow them to confiscate his rifles so that he will not engage in terrorist activities or plot against the United States government. They have no evidence that his is connected to any such activities.

Scenario #6

Mrs. Garcia saw her friend commit a murder. But she lies in court and says she did not see anything. The friend is found guilty anyway because of the testimony of other witnesses. Mrs. Garcia is arrested for lying under oath and her eyes are cut out for this.

Scenario #7

Congress wants to find ways to cut costs because of the soaring budget deficit. Congress passes a law to require American citizens to house U.S. soldiers in their homes during peacetime.

Scenario # 8

A known drug dealer is arrested for suspected connections to an inner city murder. The police do not inform him of his rights and immediately begin to interrogate him. They continue until he admits he knows the victim of the crime and was in the neighborhood where the murder took place.

Scenario #9

A public school principal smells smoke in the hallway and believes it is coming from the girl’s bathroom. She walks into the bathroom and finds Susan standing by the sink. She suspects Susan has been smoking and demands to search her purse for cigarettes or other evidence of smoking

Scenario #10

Because of the budget deficit, the United States government is looking for ways to cut costs. They have announced a plan during peacetime to house unmarried soldiers in the homes of American citizens who do not have children.

Scenario #11

Members of Congress are unhappy with students’ standardized test scores. They pass a federal law that abolishes local school boards and requires a national

standardized curriculum.

Scenario # 12

A mall security officer suspects that a teenage boy dressed all in black has a weapon under his raincoat. He searches the young man in front of his friends who begin calling the officer names.

Scenario #13

Brett’s science teacher asks the class to exchange papers to correct last night’s homework. Brett refuses to let anyone except the teacher see his homework paper, and is sent to the principal.

Scenario #14

A man suspected of a violent crime is brought in to the police station. The alleged victim picks him out of a lineup as the man who committed the attack. Police inform him that he has the right to refuse to answer questions, but they do not offer to let him speak to a lawyer. After being questioned for two hours, the man admits he committed the crime.

Scenario # 15

John, a fourteen year old public school student, wears a shirt to school that has a Ku Klux Klan picture on it to express his support of the organization. His assistant principal tells him he must change his shirt or be suspended from school. John refuses, and is suspended for three days.