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(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Geocache) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/17/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Do you know your amendments?

Cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. You must solve the puzzle.

You need to find: N45 AB.CDE   W123 FG.HIJ

When solving ignore the first digit if any of your answers are 2 digits. Example: you get 36. Ignore the 3 and use 6.

A    In 2013 federal judge Scheindlin ruled that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in the city. The judge concluded that the stops... demonstrated a widespread disregard for the ___ Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.

B    In Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988), the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty constituted cruel and unusual punishment if the defendant is under age 16 when the crime was committed.

C   Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...

D   In Caetano v. Massachusetts (2016), the Supreme Court reiterated its earlier rulings that "the _____ Amendment extends...to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding" and that its protection is not limited to "only those weapons useful in warfare"

E   This amendment guarantees a minimum of six members for a jury in a civil trial..

F   Near the end of the 1944 campaign, Thomas Dewey announced support of an amendment that would limit future presidents to two terms. According to Dewey, "four terms, or sixteen years, is the most dangerous threat to our freedom ever proposed."

G   This amendment remains the only constitutional amendment to be repealed in its entirety; leaving only the power to regulate transportation solely to the federal government. Only 2 states voted NO on this amendment: Connecticut & Rhode Island.

H   This amendment began at the end of the civil war and was ratified half a year after the south surrendered. It ended slavery.

I    In 1992, this amendment was finally ratified after only 202 years.

J    The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pragre bs tebhc. Oynpx ybpx-a-ybpx.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)