1st Amendment
Do You Know Your Rights, All 10 of Your United States Constitution Amended Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights includes the first 10 Amendments that were added to the United States Constitution on December 15, 1791.
If you do not know these basic rights, then you better take the time to read, learn, understand & be able to exercise (when necessary) these basic human rights as granted under the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights Amendments.
The chances that you will have to exercise one or more of these rights in your life time become more and more likely each and every day…
United States Constitution Amendments: Bill of Rights
1st 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.
2nd 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.
3rd 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.
4th 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.
5th 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.
6th 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 defence.
7th 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 re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
8th Amendment (VIII)
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
9th Amendment (IX)
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
10th 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.
Source & Additional Information:
- Bill of Rights, The Charters of Freedom “A New World is at Hand”, United States Archives, http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html
- U.S. Constitution: Bill of Rights, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School, http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/billofrights
- United States Bill of Rights, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights
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