Bill of Rights
1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution
1st
Amendment
2nd
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and
petition.
The right to own a gun for your protection.
Amendment
3rd
You do not have to allow soldiers to live in your house.
Amendment
4th
Amendment
5th
Amendment
Nobody can search you or your things, unless they can
prove to a judge that they have a good reason to suspect
you of committing a crime.
No one can be tried for a serious crime unless indicted (accused) by a
grand jury. No one can be forced to testify against herself or himself. No
one can be punished without due process of law. No one shall face
double jeopardy (tried for the same crime twice). People must be paid
for property taken for public use.
6th
Amendment
7th
Amendment
8th
Amendment
9th
In all criminal cases, the accused shall have the right to a
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury; to face the
witnesses against him; and to have an attorney for his defense.
In civil cases you have the right to a trial by jury, and no
case tried by a jury, shall be reexamined in any Court.
No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual
punishments.
People have other rights not listed in the Constitution.
Amendment
10th
Amendment
Powers not given to the federal government, nor
prohibited powers, are reserved to the States or the
people.