Question

introduction: match each amendment with the right it protects.
fourth amendment
seventh amendment
sixth amendment
eighth amendment
fifth amendment
right to a lawyer and to call witnesses
right to protection against illegal searches
right to avoid testifying against one’s self
right to a trial by jury in civil cases
right to protection against cruel punishment

Explanation:

To solve this matching problem, we recall the key protections of each U.S. Constitutional Amendment:

• Fourth Amendment: Protects against unreasonable (illegal) searches and seizures. So it matches "right to protection against illegal searches".
• Seventh Amendment: Provides the right to a trial by jury in civil cases. So it matches "right to a trial by jury in civil cases".
• Sixth Amendment: Ensures the right to counsel (a lawyer) and to call witnesses during a criminal trial. So it matches "right to a lawyer and to call witnesses".
• Eighth Amendment: Protects against cruel and unusual punishment. So it matches "right to protection against cruel punishment".
• Fifth Amendment: Includes the right against self - incrimination (not testifying against oneself). So it matches "right to avoid testifying against one's self".

Answer:

• Fourth Amendment: right to protection against illegal searches
• Seventh Amendment: right to a trial by jury in civil cases
• Sixth Amendment: right to a lawyer and to call witnesses
• Eighth Amendment: right to protection against cruel punishment
• Fifth Amendment: right to avoid testifying against one's self