Bill of Rights

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Bill of Rights
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Bill of Rights

• Amendments official changes, corrections or
  additions to Constitution
• Bill of Rights first 10 amendments to
  the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

• A bill of rights is what the people are entitled
  to against every government on Earth,and what no
  just government should refuse.
• Thomas Jefferson

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Bill of Rights

• The First Amendment protects peoples right to
• Freedom of religion
• freedom of speech
• Right to assemble (meet)
• Right to petition address the government
• Freedom of press (newspaper, radio, tv,
  internet)

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Bill of Rights

• Second Amendment
• Right to bear arms (own guns).

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Bill of Rights

• The Third Amendment
• Cannot quarter (house) troops in homes

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The Bill of Rights

• The Fourth Amendment
• Protects people from
• unreasonable searches and
• seizures

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What is required to search a house?

• Contact a judge
• Show probable cause
• Get a search warrant

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Bill of Rights

• The Fifth Amendment
• Right to a grand jury
• You may not be tried twice for the same crime
  (double jeopardy)
• You dont have to testify against yourself (self
  incrimination) pleading the 5th
• Deprive you of life, liberty or property
  
• w/out due process of law (fair treatment)
• Cant take private property for public use w/out
  just compensation.

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What does invoking the 5th amendment mean?

• That a person can refuse to testify against
  him/herself

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The Bill of Rights

• The Sixth Amendment guarantees
• Right to a speedy and public trial
• Judged by an impartial jury who
• live in his/her area
• That the accused can confront the witnesses who
  testify against them
• at the trial.
• The accused have a right to
• a lawyer.

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The Bill of Rights

• The Seventh Amendment
• Civil trial, property and
• divorce

• People involved in a civil trial have a right to
  a jury trial
• No judge can overrule
• the jurys decision.

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The Bill of Rights

• The Eighth Amendment guarantees
• No Excessive bail
• No excessive fines
• No cruel and unusual punishment

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The Bill of Rights

• The Ninth Amendment
• Even if the Constitution does not specifically
  mention certain rights, the people still have
  those rights (e.g. right to privacy)

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The Bill of Rights

• The Tenth Amendment
• Any power not given to the national (federal)
  government by the constitution, belongs to the
  states or the people.