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Formal Amendments

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1ST AMENDMENT

  • Freedom of religion
  • Freedom of speech/ press
  • Peaceable petition gov

2ND AMENDMENT

  • Right to maintain militia
  • Right to bear arms

3RD AMENDMENT

  • Don't have to house a solder for the night

4TH AMENDMENT

  • Can't be searched without a reason
  • They must have a permission
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5TH AMENDMENT

  • Protection from prosecution witliout an indictment
  • Protection from being tried for the same crime twice
  • Protection from having to testify against oneself
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6TH AMENDMENT

  • The right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury
  • The right to an attorney
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7TH AMENDMENT

  • The right to a trial by jury in any civil case where the amount of money involved is $20 or more

8TH AMENDMENT

  • Protection from excessive bail or fines
  • Protection from cruel and unusual punishment

9TH AMENDMENT

  • The fact that the Constitution spells out a number of civil rights does not mean that there are not other, unwritten, rights held by the people.

10TH AMENDMENT

  • The powers not delegated to the Federal Governmentmay be exercised by tiie States, as long as they are not prohibited by the Constitution.