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  The first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution - the Bill of Rights


  1st Amendment
     Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
  or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
  speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
  assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

  2nd Amendment
     A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free
  state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be
  infringed.

  3rd 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.

  4th Amendment
     The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
  papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall
  not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
  supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
  place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

  5th Amendment
     No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise
  infamous, crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand
  jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the
  militia, when in actual service, in time of war, or public danger; nor
  shall any person be subject, for the same offense, to be twice put in
  jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled, in any criminal
  case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life,
  liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private
  property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

  6th Amendment
     In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to
  a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and
  district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district
  shall have been previously ascertained by law; and to be informed of
  the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the
  witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining
  witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his
  defense.

  7th Amendment
     In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed
  twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no
  fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re- examined in any court of
  the United States than according to the rules of the common law.

  8th Amendment
     Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
  nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.

  9th Amendment
     The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be
  construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

  10th 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.

