BILL OF RIGHTS TEN AMENDMENTS

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, RELIGION, PRESS, AND SPEECH

• Could only be directed by reason or conviction
• All men equally entitled to free exercise of religion
• right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government

2. RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS

• A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state
• People allowed to have an army

3. HOUSING OF SOLDIERS

• No soldier shall be quartered in peace/war without owners consent

4. PROTECTION FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES

• People are secure in their homes and persons
• No warrants shall issue unless upon a probable cause

5. Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property

• No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury
• nor 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.
• No person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb

6. Rights of Accused Persons in Criminal Cases

• the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed
• to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him
• obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

7. Rights in Civil Cases

• 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.

8. Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Forbidden

• required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

9. Other Rights Kept by the People

• certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

10. Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People

• 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.