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amendment 1
amendment 1 freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. passed by congress september 25, 1789. ratified december 15 1791. -
amendment 2
the second amendment protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. it was adopted on december 15 1791. -
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
The Fourth Amendment originally enforced the notion that “each man’s home is his castle”, secure from unreasonable searches and seizures. -
amendment five
The fifth amendment protects you from being held for committing crimes unless you have been indicted correctly by the police. -
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
The seventh amendment garuntees a jury trial for civil cases in federal courts. -
amendment eight
The eighth amendment states that punishments must be fair, cannot be cruel, and fines cannot be to large. -
amendment 9
The ninth amendment that there are other rights that my exist that are not stated in the bill of rights. -
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.