Bill of Rights

The 4th Amendment ensures that the privacy of U.S. citizens is protected, except in the case that a warrant is given by an authority for a reasonable purpose. (In example, a warrant may be given to search a home if an authority has reason to believe that the owner or resident has committed a crime.)

Each person has to answer this individually, of course.

You might talk about how you can join a church of your choice, or none at all; how you can choose to own a gun, or not; how you can have the courage to write a letter about the President without fear of arrest; how you know you will never be arrested and tortured to confess; how you can know that the government will never just appropriate your home to use for soldiers to live in; and so many more guarantees that just don't exist in much of the world. Where such freedoms do exist, they are often modeled on America's Bill of Rights.

1. Popular Sovereignty- people are the most important source of governmental power. Over time popular sovereignty has been expanded y amendments to the Constitution that grant more groups the right to vote: African Americans (the 15th Amendment), women (the 19th Amendment), and young people between the ages of 18-21 (the 26th Amendment)

2. Separation of Powers- believed that allocating 3 basic functions of government (legislative, executive, and judicial) could power be appropriately dispersed a. Adopted from Montesquieu (18th century, French) b. Parliamentary system- opposed to t because they believed that parliaments could be manipulated by monarchs or captured by impassioned but short lived majorities c. Distributive articles- 1st 3 articles of the Constitution define the structure and powers of congress (Article 1), the executive (Article 2), and the judiciary (Article 3)

3. Checks & Balances- Checks and Balances- no single branch can permanently dominant the other branches. Madison Fed 51= power must be divided, checked, balanced and limited. a. Staggered terms of president and senate help to avoid the tyranny of the majority b. Judicial Review- the power of the federal courts to rule on the constitutionality of legislation (nowhere explicitly provided in the constitution, framers supported this concept) i. Marbury v. Madison (1803)- Supreme Court asserted the power to review acts of congress and declare them null and void if they are found to be contrary to the constitution. Fletcher v. Peck (1810) extended this power to encompass the validity of state laws under the federal constitution

4. Limited Government-guarentees that government does not hold all the power and that it does only those things that people allow it to do. Government officials are subject to law themselves and held to the principles established in the Constitution. Presidents may be impeached, representatives may be voted out of office, and potential judges may be denied confirmation by the Senate.

5. Federalism- division of power between national and state governments. For example, only the federal legislature can declare war, only state governments can conduct elections, but both levels of government can levy and collect taxes.

The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America was added or amended to the Constitution in 1789, as a series of articles, when the Bill of Rights was written. It was then ratified on December 15, 1791.

It gives you the right to a trial by jury, keeps you from being tried twice (double jeopardy) for the same crime, gives you the right to avoid self-incrimination, ensures Due process of law, and defines Eminent domain. All of these of course are subject to court's interpretation, and we've seen lately what liberal judges think of the constitution, eminent domain, due process, and pretty much the rest of the Bill of Rights.

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution was agreed upon during America's Founding Period primarily due to the practical experience of Americans during British rule of their homes. Not only did British officials and/or troops enter American homes at will and violently; they also received permission to do so by way of a prejudiced process: British legal authorities granted such permissions in pursuit of the same objectives as those pursued by the officials and troops violating American homes. The Fourth Amendment sought to prevent such problems from arising in future.

The Anti-Federalists did not support ratification of the Constitution, because they felt that a central government would acquire too much power too quickly. They were led by Thomas Jefferson, and felt that a strong federal government would be too far removed from the people, and not provide adequate representation of the rights of the individual.

They espoused four main arguments:

1. They held the view that a central government would nullify the state governments, and inhibit the ability of each state to govern themselves. They felt that the laws would become confused and contradictory.

2. They were reluctant to place too much power in the hands of too few people who were too far away.

3. They argued that a central government would assume too much power too quickly, resulting in tyranny. Tyranny can be defined as too much power in the hands of too few people, and a revolution had just been fought to rectify that very situation!

4. They contended that the Constitution did not adequately address individual liberties.

Interestingly, the Bill of Rights was not originally a part of the Constitution, and yet it has proved to be highly important to protecting the rights of the people.

There has never been an English "Bill of Rights" as such, that's a very Americanised way of looking at things! However, the European Convention of Human Rights (of which the UK signed up to in the late 1990's) Article 4 guarantees religious freedom.

im not sure.. but did your teacher from civics or geography give you this because im in 7th grade and my teacher gave me the same exact question in the smae exact wordss.. every single one... hmmm are you in ponce de leon middle..????

The original idea was that since most states have their own Bill of Rights, they would not need to include one in the Constitution. However, to help appeal to other states so the Founding Fathers could get everyone to approve of it, they decided to add them as amendments, or formal changes to the constitution. 12 were proposed, but only 10 were passed. They resolved the issue by including these 10 amendments as the Bill of Rights.

Basically it States that women get the same rights as men do.

It's the 2nd amendment - so not even part of the original constitution. Something to remember when people claim it's a constitutional right.

The sixth 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 where in 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

The Declaration of Independence is a primary source, but only if you use the original document or a fascimile of the real document. Someone else's paraphrase of it or opinion would be a secondary source.

the answer is the powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited by the united states are reserved to the states respectfully, or to the people.

No, it is part of the US Constitution. The Declaration of Independence stated that American colonies were free from British rule and included complaints against King George III. It did not include the Bill of Rights.

Too much money paid to a court to allow someone to be set free should not be given

The 8th amendment deals with the criminal justice system, and it prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment makes sure that a shoplifter of a $1 candy bar will not get life in prison or anything ridiculous like that. Bail and fines are also charged according to the crime, so for example you won't get a $1 million fine for speeding and the bail requirement is not an unpractical amount and you will only be denied bail for serious crimes.

The main five liberties found in the first amendment are 'Freedom of':

-Speech

-Petition

-Press

-Religion

-Assembly

You have the right to bear firearms, to be secure in your possessions, and if accused a public and speedy trial. That's all I can think of off hand, but I believe you were thinking of the First Ammendment. Hope that helps!

The Tenth Amendment assigns the state governments their powers by stating, "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." This amendment means the states have the right to pass laws that promote the welfare of their citizens.

The people were afraid that the strong new government would use its power to restrict individual freedom. Based on these fears, James Madison put forth twelve rights of the people. The Framers accepted ten of these, and these ten amendments clearly spelled out basic rights of US citizens. The first amendment as example guaranteed freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion. The first amendment also stated that the federal government could not establish any religions.

Well there are three "amendments" that go with voting ( the 1st ten amendments are called the bill of rights) They are, * Being 18 or older to vote that is amendment #26 (isn't a bill of right) * Being a woman 18 or older and being able to vote is amendment #19 * No poll taxes on voting

1. Freedom of religion
2. Freedom of speech
3. Freedom of the press
4. Freedom of assembly
5. The right to petition the government

It means what they say. These describe rights of a US citizen as devised by our founding fathers. (The first, second, fourth and other amendments do not grant or guarantee any rights or freedoms. The First Amendment is restrictive only, limiting governnment by it not passing any laws that would abridge certain rights which had existed for decades. The Second did not grant the right to own and bear arms--only that this aleady existing right hall not be infringed. The ninth amendment is the one which had the people retail all rights, other than the ones already in the Consitution. The founders/framers also specified that public liberty or rights of the people, collectively, as the public or a partial public are retained as much as Individul Liberty, or rights of the person.

Nearly all of the 12 clauses sent back to the States by the First Congress were prepared as individual declaratory/restrictive clauses and other amending clauses, with some statements changed only to make them restrictive. The third clause sent back was written days after what became the tenth and ninth amendments, which were the first two prepared and presented. The term Bill of Rights does not appear in the document sent back---but the First Congress specified in the document from where the declaratory/restrictive clauses came, and provided two major secondary reasons for them: To Prevent (1) Misconstruction of the Constitution and 2) abuse of its powers. The fact that they were ratified as individual clauses -- no A Bill of Rights document -- is that all clauses dropped two slots when the first two clauses were not ratified.

The third clause---strictly a restrictive clause---dropped to the first slot and did not grant nor could it guarantee rights and freedoms, nor could it make any affirmative or positive statement, such as a separation of church and state, which one Supreme Court mistakenly claimed.