Constitution
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- Amendment 1
- Freedom of Religion! I want to practice my beliefs without persecution!
- Free Speech! I want to express myself freely!
- Freedom of the Press! I want to share news with the U.S. without being censored unnecessarily!
- Amendment 2
- I want to be able to own my own guns to protect myself!
- Amendment 3
- This is my property! I don't have to house soldiers anymore!
- The First Amendment provides several rights protections: to express ideas through speech and the press, to assemble or gather with a group to protest or for other reasons, and to ask the government to fix problems. It also protects the right to religious beliefs and practices. It prevents the government from creating or favoring a religion.
- Amendment 4
- The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms.
- Amendment 5
- How do you plead?
- The Third Amendment prevents government from forcing homeowners to allow soldiers to use their homes. Before the Revolutionary War, laws gave British soldiers the right to take over private homes.
- Amendment 6
- The Fourth Amendment bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure of an individual or their private property.
- You can't enter my home and just take stuff! You need a warrant!
- The Fifth Amendment provides several protections for people accused of crimes. It states that serious criminal charges must be started by a grand jury. A person cannot be tried twice for the same offense (double jeopardy) or have property taken away without just compensation. People have the right against self-incrimination and cannot be imprisoned without due process of law (fair procedures and trials.)
- I plead the 5th! I will not incriminate myself!
- The Sixth Amendment provides additional protections to people accused of crimes, such as the right to a speedy and public trial, trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, and to be informed of criminal charges. Witnesses must face the accused, and the accused is allowed his or her own witnesses and to be represented by a lawyer.
- I want an attorney!I have the right to face my accuser!I want a speedy trial! I want a jury to decide my fate!
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