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The Bill of Rights
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The Bill of Rights for people that don't like to read big paragraphs.
1. Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the Press
Right to assemble
Right to petition Government
2. Right to keep and use guns
3. Soldiers can't sleep in your
home
4. Cops need a warrant to search
your home
5. Right to remain silent
Right to legal due process
6. Right to speedy trial
Right to have a lawyer
7. Right to a Jury trial
8. No Excessive bail
No cruel or unusual punishment
9. One amendment can't deny
any of the others.
10. Non-Federal powers are
reserved for the States
While it looks and sound good, the Bill of Rights won't do much for you when your rights have been violated. Courts tend to interpret the amendments in a way that favors the current political climate. Amendments 1,2,4,5, and 8 are the Articles most often violated by our own government and law enforcement community.
If Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were alive today, they would be ridiculed for suggesting that we have the right to petition the government or keep and bear arms. I would bet that our current administration would call them "un-patriotic". Include Ben Franklin and John Hancock and they would declare an "Axis of Evil".
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The Ten Original Amendments:
Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791.
AMENDMENT I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
AMENDMENT II
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
AMENDMENT III
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
AMENDMENT IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
AMENDMENT V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
AMENDMENT VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
AMENDMENT VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
AMENDMENT VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
AMENDMENT IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
AMENDMENT X
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.
There are 27 amendments to the constitution with the remaining articles pertaining to representation, terms of office, prohibition, etc. To view the remaining articles, click here:
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