Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments of the Constitution of the United States. The first ten amendments became the Bill of Rights in 1791. Every amendment consists of different rights people should have.

First Amendment-
1. Congress cannot make a law respecting an establishment of religion.
2. Congress cannot make a law prohibiting, or taking away the freedom of speech.
3. Congress cannot make a law prohibiting, or taking away the freedom of the press.
4. Congress cannot make a law prohibiting, or taking away the right of the people peaceably to assemble.
5. Congress cannot make a law taking away people's right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Second Amendment-
People have the right to bear arms.

Third Amendment-
"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law"

Fourth Amendment-
The right to privacy; to secure your belongings and reject searches and seizures.

Fifth Amendment-
People have the right not to incriminate themselves.

Sixth Amendment-
An accused person has the right to trial so that a judge and jury can make the decision on the accusation.

Seventh Amendment-
"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."

Eighth Amendment-
Bail, fines and unusual punishment should not be required.

Ninth Amendment-
The fact that the constitution lists rights, does not mean that the ones brought upon by the people should be denied.

Tenth Amendment
"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."

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