1:Maria Sanchez owns a successful dry cleaning business. Recently a customer named Rebekka Oliver sued her for the destruction o
f an expensive dress. The customer is taking Maria to small claims court to recover the cost of the dress. What amendment gives Rebekka the right to sue Maria? 2:Defense attorney Jeanne A. Jones asked a judge to lower her client Michael Smith's bail to $20,000 cash, an amount she said his family could raise. Assistant District Attorney Matthew W. Groun asked Superior Court Judge Edward McDougal to keep Smith's bail at $250,000, citing a long out of state record for the New York City resident. McDougal, after hearing from both sides, kept Smith's bail at the $250,000 previously set. Which amendment would the defense attorney cite in this case?
3: Peter Madoff, who is serving a 10-year sentence in a U.S. federal prison for conspiracy and falsifying records, recently appeared as a witness in a trial. People were trying to sue him for money they had lost. During the testimony, he refused to speak against himself and claimed a right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. Which right did he claim?
4:Edward Snowden was a National Security Agency subcontractor who released thousands of documents detailing the mass spying on private telephone calls of US citizens by the NSA. Many Americans called him a traitor, others a hero, viewing federal spying on private phone calls without a warrant as a form of illegal search and seizure. Which amendment are they citing?
North Korea is often percevid as the Hermit kingdom completly isolated from rest of the world but North Korea maintains diplomatic realations with 164 Independent states.
