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Because they let the states vote on weather they wanted to have amendments and it passed.
All of them except the third amendment and that is soon to change if they take away our "personal property" laws like the government want.
The Eighth Amendment sets Bail and Punishment laws, which would include excessive fines.
They are not laws, they are amendments to the U.S. constitution. 10, specifically. It's what people refer to when they say, "I plead the fifth." (Fifth amendment)
In the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which is part of the US Constitution, it says that Congress shall make no laws prohibiting the practice of religion.
It depends what crime the accused is actually accused of.The bill of rights grant privileges, all other laws prohibit something.
It's what the Anti-Federalists followed and considered each and every amendment constitutional but also known as 'individual rights'. These were pretty much the laws back then before the U.S. Constitution came out.
They felt that women's rights were protected by other laws
fourteenth amendment
None of them. A president cannot change an amendment nor change anything in the Bill of Rights. For an amendment to be adopted, it must first be passed by Congress and then ratified by 3/4 of the states. Mr. Obama has not tried to change anything in the Constitution. He has expressed his disagreement with certain laws and policies, but presidents often do that. Expressing disagreement is not the same thing as trying to change the Constitution.
the bill of rights was added
The rights of every citizen in the United States is outlined in the first Ten Amendment to the constitution of the united States, also known as the Bill of Rights:First Amendment - Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petitionSecond Amendment - Right to keep and bear arms.Third Amendment - Protection from quartering of troops.Fourth Amendment - Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.Fifth Amendment - due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain.Sixth Amendment - Trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counselSeventh Amendment - Civil trial by jury.Eighth Amendment - Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.Ninth Amendment - Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.Tenth Amendment - Powers of states and people.