How many amandments are there in the Bill of Rights?

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Eleven "Articles" were originally proposed and submitted to "Amend" the Constitution of the United States. Ten were ratified on December 15, 1791 as the first Ten Amendments and they are called The Bill of Rights. The rejected "Article II" was later ratified as the 27th Amendment in 1998, but it is not part of the Bill of Rights. There are at least 34 specific rights within the text of these first 10 Amendments and many generalized rights.

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Eleven "Articles" were originally proposed and submitted to "Amend" the Constitution of the United States. Ten were ratified on December 15, 1791 as the first Ten Amendments and they are called The Bill of Rights. The rejected "Article II" was later ratified in 1998 as the 27th Amendment, but it is not part of the Bill of Rights. There are at least 34 specific rights within the text of these first 10 Amendments and many generalized rights.Here is the supporting breakdown of the 34 specific rights: THE FIRST AMENDMENT has 6 basic rights.  &middot; The right to be free from an established government religion: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion&hellip;" &middot; The right to freely exercise your religious freedoms: "&hellip;or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" &middot; The right to speak freely: "or abridging the freedom of speech,&hellip;" &middot; The right of a free press to freely speak: "&hellip;or of the press;" &middot; The right to peaceably assemble in public: "&hellip;or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,&hellip;" &middot; The right to petition the government with grievances: "&hellip;and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." THE SECOND AMENDMENT has 3 rights.  &middot; The right to belong to a well equipped and organized Militia in defense of our nation's security is statement of fact that is assumed: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,&hellip;" &middot; The right of the people to own arms weaponry: "the right of the people to keep&hellip;" &middot; The right of the people to bear arms publically: "&hellip;and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." THE THIRD AMENDMENT probably has 2 rights.  &middot; The right to live without fearing soldiers forcibly rooming in your home: "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." &middot; The right to privacy has also been drawn from this Amendment; so this is probably a second right from this amendment. THE FOURTH AMENDMENT has 2 rights.  &middot; The right to live in your home without fear of unreasonable searches without probable cause: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches&hellip;" &middot; The right to live in your home without fear of unreasonable seizure of personal items or property without probable cause: "&hellip;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." THE FIFTH AMENDMENT has 5 rights.  &middot; The right to a Grand Jury for non-militant capital crimes: "No person shall be held to answer for any 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;" &middot; The right to be free from double jeopardy of the same crime: "nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;" &middot; The right to live free from self-incrimination: "nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,&hellip;" &middot; The right to due process: "&hellip;nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;" &middot; The right to be fairly compensated if eminent domain is exercised: "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." THE SIXTH AMENDMENT has 9 rights.  &middot; The right to a speedy trial: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy [trial]&hellip;" &middot; The right to a public trial: "&hellip;and public trial," &middot; The right to be judged by an impartial jury: "&hellip;by an impartial jury&hellip;" &middot; The right of the people to judge criminals who committed crimes in their State and districts: "&hellip;of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law,&hellip;" &middot; The right to be informed of your criminal charge: "&hellip;and to be informed of the nature&hellip;" &middot; The right to know the cause and details of the criminal accusation: "&hellip;and cause of the accusation;" &middot; The right to be confronted with the opposing witnesses: "&hellip;to be confronted with the witnesses against him;" &middot; The right to obtain defensible witnesses: to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor,&hellip;" &middot; The right to have an attorney: "&hellip;and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense." THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT has 1 right.  &middot; The right to have Civil trial by jury for important matters: "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." THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT has 4 rights.  &middot; The right to have fair and reasonable bail amounts: "Excessive bail shall not be required,&hellip;" &middot; The right to have fair and reasonable fines: "&hellip;nor excessive fines imposed," &middot; The right to live free from cruel punishments: "&hellip;nor cruel&hellip;" &middot; The right to live free of unusual or excessive punishments: "&hellip;and unusual punishments inflicted." THE NINTH AMENDMENT has 1 big umbrella of human rights.  &middot; The right to have all other human rights even though they are not addressed in the bill of rights and limited government interference with those rights: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." THE TENTH AMENDMENT has 1 big right to Federalism powers of the People and the States.  &middot; The rights of the people and the States to own all rights not addressed in the Constitution or Amendments (i.e. Federalism): "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."

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The Bill of Rights are the first ten (10) amendments to the United States Constitution.

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10 amendments are contained in the bill of rights  this link should help:   http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/a/bill_of_rights.htm

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