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Amendment VI
Bill of Rights
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall
enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an
Amendment I impartial jury of the state and district wherein the
Congress shall make no law respecting an crime shall have been committed, which district
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free shall have been previously ascertained by law,
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of and to be informed of the nature and cause of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people the accusation; to be confronted with the
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the witnesses against him; to have compulsory
government for a redress of grievances. process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and
to have the assistance of counsel for his
defense.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the Amendment VII
security of a free state, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. 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
Amendment III
tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any court of the United States, than according to
any house, without the consent of the owner, nor the rules of the common law.
in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law. Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
Amendment IV
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
The right of the people to be secure in their punishments inflicted.
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not Amendment IX
be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but
upon probable cause, supported by oath or The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain
affirmation, and particularly describing the place rights, shall not be construed to deny or
to be searched, and the persons or things to be disparage others retained by the people.
seized.
Amendment X
Amendment V The powers not delegated to the United States
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a states, are reserved to the states respectively, or
presentment or indictment of a grand jury, to the people.
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 1. What is the most important right? Explain.
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. 2. What rights would you add?
