constitutional amendments

  • amendment 1

    amendment 1
    amendment 1 freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. passed by congress september 25, 1789. ratified december 15 1791.
  • amendment 2

    amendment 2
    the second amendment protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. it was adopted on december 15 1791.
  • amendment three

    amendment three
    the third amendment was introduced by james madison as apart of the united syayes bill of rights in response to antifederalist objections to the constitution.
  • amendment four

    amendment four
    The Fourth Amendment originally enforced the notion that “each man’s home is his castle”, secure from unreasonable searches and seizures.
  • amendment five

    amendment five
    The fifth amendment protects you from being held for committing crimes unless you have been indicted correctly by the police.
  • amendment 6

    amendment 6
    The sixth amendment gurantees a speedy trial to citezens, a fair jury, an attorney if the accused person prefers one, and a chance to speak to the witness accusing the defendant of a crime.
  • amendment 7

    amendment 7
    The seventh amendment garuntees a jury trial for civil cases in federal courts.
  • amendment eight

    amendment eight
    The eighth amendment states that punishments must be fair, cannot be cruel, and fines cannot be to large.
  • amendment 9

    amendment 9
    The ninth amendment that there are other rights that my exist that are not stated in the bill of rights.
  • amendment 10

    amendment 10
    The tenth amendment says that any power that is not given to the federal government is given to the people or the states.