Understanding the U.S. Amendments

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What Is The 1st Amendment?

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The 1st Amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

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It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely.

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What Is The 2nd Amendment?

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The 2nd Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms.

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protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes.

Ex: self-defense within the home

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What Is The 3rd Amendment?

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The 3rd Amendment prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent.

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forbids the housing of any military service member in private homes without the consent of the owner

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What Is The 4th Amendment?

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The 4th Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

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protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government

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What Is The 5th Amendment?

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The 5th Amendment protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and guarantees due process.

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ensures the protection against self-incrimination

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What Is The 6th Amendment?

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The 6th Amendment guarantees the rights of criminal defendants.

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It gives citizens a series of rights in criminal trials

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What Is The 7th Amendment?

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The 7th Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases.

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protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value

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What Is The 8th Amendment?

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The 8th Amendment prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

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forbids the use of excessive bails or fines in criminal trials, as well as punishments considered to be cruel and unusual.

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What Is The 9th Amendment?

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The 9th Amendment states that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny others retained by the people.

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to ensure that all individual natural rights had the same stature and force after some of them were enumerated as they had before

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What Is the 10th Amendment?

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The 10th Amendment reserves powers to the states and the people.

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any powers that are not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, are reserved to those respective states, or to the people at large