Bill+of+Rights


 * Outline the protections that //__each__// of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights provides: **

**I. Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, and Petition** **"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."**

Congress shall not make an laws respecting an establishment of religion or obstruct the free exercise of religion. They shall not obstruct the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and petition.

**II. Right to keep and bear arms** **"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."**

Right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia. Allows citizens of the country to bear arms within reason.

**III. Conditions for quarters of soldiers** **"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."**

The government cannot make you house a soldier or have you give your land to house troops. 

**IV. Right of search and seizure regulated**
 * "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." **


**V. Provisions concerning prosecution** **"No person shall be help 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 shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."**

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Freedom to have the right to a trial with a jury, but soldiers and other members of the military don't have to a jury. Also, protects against "Double Jeopardy" you can't be tried for the same crime twice. =====

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:prosecutor1.jpeg]]
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**VI. Right to a speedy trial, witnesses, etc.** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**"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."**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Freedom to a "speedy trial" also protects against people being held without knowing what they are charged with for an excessive amount of time.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**VII. Right to a trial by jury** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**"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.**

Defendants have a right to a jury of peers in civil crime cases.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**VIII. Excessive bail, cruel punishment** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Protects people from cruel & unusual punishment. Punishment must fit the crime.


<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**IX. Rule of construction of Constitution** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">US Government cannot alter or ignore the basic principles that are behind the Constitutional Rights.


<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**X. Rights of the states under constitution** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**"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."** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rights that are not in the first 10 amendments will have to be determined by the people later. It reserves power to the States. =====