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The Bill of Rights

The document is a transcription of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. It summarizes: 1) The amendments protect civil liberties like freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, right to bear arms, rights of criminal defendants, and property rights. 2) They limit the government's power over individuals and guarantee due process of law. 3) The amendments were ratified in 1791 and established rights retained by the people beyond those specifically named in the Constitution.

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The Bill of Rights

The document is a transcription of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. It summarizes: 1) The amendments protect civil liberties like freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, right to bear arms, rights of criminal defendants, and property rights. 2) They limit the government's power over individuals and guarantee due process of law. 3) The amendments were ratified in 1791 and established rights retained by the people beyond those specifically named in the Constitution.

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The Bill of Rights: A Transcription

The Preamble to The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of Mar h, one thousand se!en hundred and eighty nine" THE Con!entions of a number of the #tates, ha!ing at the time of their ado$ting the Constitution, e%$ressed a desire, in order to $re!ent mis onstru tion or abuse of its $owers, that further de laratory and restri ti!e lauses should be added& 'nd as e%tending the ground of $ubli onfiden e in the (o!ernment, will best ensure the benefi ent ends of its institution" RESOLVED by the #enate and )ouse of Re$resentati!es of the *nited #tates of 'meri a, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both )ouses on urring, that the following 'rti les be $ro$osed to the +egislatures of the se!eral #tates, as amendments to the Constitution of the *nited #tates, all, or any of whi h 'rti les, when ratified by three fourths of the said +egislatures, to be !alid to all intents and $ur$oses, as $art of the said Constitution, !i-" ARTICLES in addition to, and 'mendment of the Constitution of the *nited #tates of 'meri a, $ro$osed by Congress, and ratified by the +egislatures of the se!eral #tates, $ursuant to the fifth 'rti le of the original Constitution" ote& The following te%t is a trans ri$tion of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form" These amendments were ratified .e ember /0, /12/, and form what is known as the 3Bill of Rights"3

A!end!ent I
Congress shall make no law res$e ting an establishment of religion, or $rohibiting the free e%er ise thereof, or abridging the freedom of s$ee h, or of the $ress, or the right of the $eo$le $ea eably to assemble, and to $etition the (o!ernment for a redress of grie!an es"

A!end!ent II
' well regulated Militia, being ne essary to the se urity of a free #tate, the right of the $eo$le to kee$ and bear 'rms, shall not be infringed"

A!end!ent III
No #oldier shall, in time of $ea e be 4uartered in any house, without the onsent of the 5wner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be $res ribed by law"

A!end!ent IV
The right of the $eo$le to be se ure in their $ersons, houses, $a$ers, and effe ts, against unreasonable sear hes and sei-ures, shall not be !iolated, and no Warrants shall issue, but u$on $robable ause, su$$orted by 5ath or affirmation, and $arti ularly des ribing the $la e to be sear hed, and the $ersons or things to be sei-ed"

A!end!ent V
No $erson shall be held to answer for a a$ital, or otherwise infamous rime, unless on a $resentment or indi tment of a (rand 6ury, e% e$t in ases arising in the land or na!al for es, or in the Militia, when in a tual ser!i e in time of War or $ubli danger, nor shall any $erson be sub7e t for the same offen e to be twi e $ut in 7eo$ardy of life or limb, nor shall be om$elled in any riminal ase to be a witness against himself, nor be de$ri!ed of life, liberty, or $ro$erty, without due $ro ess of law, nor shall $ri!ate $ro$erty be taken for $ubli use, without 7ust om$ensation"

A!end!ent VI
8n all riminal $rose utions, the a used shall en7oy the right to a s$eedy and $ubli trial, by an im$artial 7ury of the #tate and distri t wherein the rime shall ha!e been ommitted, whi h distri t shall ha!e been $re!iously as ertained

by law, and to be informed of the nature and ause of the a usation, to be onfronted with the witnesses against him, to ha!e om$ulsory $ro ess for obtaining witnesses in his fa!or, and to ha!e the 'ssistan e of Counsel for his defen e"

A!end!ent VII
8n #uits at ommon law, where the !alue in ontro!ersy shall e% eed twenty dollars, the right of trial by 7ury shall be $reser!ed, and no fa t tried by a 7ury, shall be otherwise re-e%amined in any Court of the *nited #tates, than a ording to the rules of the ommon law"

A!end!ent VIII
9% essi!e bail shall not be re4uired, nor e% essi!e fines im$osed, nor ruel and unusual $unishments infli ted"

A!end!ent I"
The enumeration in the Constitution, of ertain rights, shall not be onstrued to deny or dis$arage others retained by the $eo$le"

A!end!ent "
The $owers not delegated to the *nited #tates by the Constitution, nor $rohibited by it to the #tates, are reser!ed to the #tates res$e ti!ely, or to the $eo$le"

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