AMENDMENTS 6-10

AMENDMENT VI

• Summary - someone who is to be tried will be tried quickly. Person has full right to gather wittneses
• The person will provided with a lawyer in his defense in the event that he does not have someone
• In his defense
• The person will be Informed of the trial and of the trials nature

AMENDMENT VI REASONING

• This article was added because
• - So people wouldn't be prosecuted without trial
• - people could have a lawyer if they didn't have one

AMENDMENT IV AMERICAN VISION

• Nowadays this is evident everyhwere
• Trials are required before prosecution
• Witness are pretty much required to prove innocent/guilty

AMENDMENT VII SUMMARY

• You cannot take legal action against something that is less than twenty $
• Allows the common man to passes some power
• Takes power away from judges

AMENDMENT VII REASONING

• They didn't want people to sue others for futile issues
• Wanted to make sure that no unjustified legal action was being taken
• To prevent judges from being to powerful

AMENDMENT VII PRESENT VIEW

• Nowadays everyone is trying to sue each other
• This is trying to stop people trying to make a quick buck by suing

AMMENDMENT VII SUMMARY

• There shall be no unusual or bad punishments
• People Will be trailed justly
• Punishment will be distributed relative to the crime done

AMENDMENT VII REASONING

• They did not want any unusual punishment to fall on others
• Just way of protecting criminals from abuse

AMENDMENT VII PRESENT VIEW

• This does not apply as much today
• every prosecuted person is either executed, put on a parole, or sent to jail
• There is no known unjust prisoner abuse but it is definitely existent

AMENDMENT IX SUMMARY

• The power of the constitution cannot overpower existing rights
• Balasmico-San ballasmico-San hehehe BALASMICO-San!!

AMMENDMENT XI REASOINING

• Wanted to make sure the government couldn't take away rights
• Prevents the constitution from overriding laws of individual states that are essential to the state

AMENDMENT XI MODERN VIEW

• Today it stops the government from expanding in power
• Used to enforce rights not talked about in constitution

AMENDMENT X SUMMARY

• Explains that the American government although complex
• Is not able to take rights
• Also explains that power is given to the people not the government

AMENDMENT X REASONING

• This was added to the constitution to remind
• That the government is not taking away freedom and basic rights

AMENDMENT X AMERICAN VISION

• We still live by this amendment
• Whatever power the government doesn't have, the people have
• We still have freedom and aren't under total control