Bill of Rights

The Bill of rights did not allow the monarch to suspend laws, to tax without parliament's consent, or to raise an army in peacetime without approval from parliament.

The most common and well known part is not allowing witnesses to incriminate themselves, known as e.g. "pleading the 5th".

The Fifth Amendment states:

"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 in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, with out due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

A careful reading of the Fifth Amendment informs the reader that no rights have been guaranteed but certain rights have been acknowledged. The right to due process of law is a right any person holds and the Fifth Amendment prohibits the Constitutional government set in place from disregarding those rights. This is not a guarantee and anyone paying attention to today's political landscape knows full well that the right to due process of law has been greatly subverted and contorted and people everyday are deprived of due process for any number of reasons. The Federal, State and even local governments brazenly and gleefully seize a persons property with out any due process of law everyday and too many people stand by helplessly watching the atrocities happen wondering what happened to their rights.

It is a popular misconception to think rights were guaranteed and provided by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Rights enumerated by a Constitution, a piece of legislation, a piece of paper can no more guarantee rights than a cardboard box could contain an elephant or a paper chain could leash a lion. It is not the piece of paper that makes people free: that piece of paper exists because people are free. That piece of paper will not stop governments from trampling over people's rights, only the people can stop that from happening.

Just as Sir Isaac Newton's mathematical descriptions do not guarantee gravity, the Fifth Amendment does not guarantee any rights. Both gravity and rights exist just as other forces in this universe exist that can't be seen by the naked eye, nor through a microscope nor telescope nor computer model such as love or hate or fear. All absolutely exist yet none are observable as recognizable entities unto themselves. We know gravity exists we just cant see it or hear it or even smell it and yet we rely upon it. Our behavior abides by the law of gravity just as our behavior abides by the effects of love or hate or fear. The same is true for rights. We can not see these rights, we can not hear them nor taste nor smell them but we know they exist and if we are to flourish and prosper we must rely upon them.
The most common and well know is not allowing a witnesses to incriminate themselves E.G pleading the 5th

Because the anti-federalists wouldn't agree to the constitution if there was no Bill of Rights.

The Bill of Rights limits the power of the government. Its basic purpose is to protect two kinds of rights: the rights of individual liberty, like freedom of speech, and the rights of persons accused of crimes, like the right to trial by jury. The Bill of Rights originally applied only to the federal government. Over the years, the Supreme Court has ruled that all the provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to the states as well.

There are actually lots of freedoms in the bill of rights, it's the first ten amendments. Three of them are Freedom of speech, Right to bear arms, Right to avoid illegal searches by the police

The Bill of Rights is comprised of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were put into effect in 1791, after they had been ratified by 3/4 of the states.

The First Amendment protects freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, and the right to petition the Government.

The Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms.

The Third Amendment protects us from being forced to quarter troops.

The Fourth Amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizure.

The Fifth Amendment allows us due process when we are accused of a crime, the freedom from "double jeopardy"-- being tried for the same crime twice, freedom from being compelled to testify against ourselves, and the right of "eminent domain," which means that private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensation.

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to trial by jury in criminal cases, as well as other rights of the accused, such as a speedy and public trial and the right to legal counsel.

The Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to trial by jury in civic cases.

The Eighth Amendment protects us from excessive fines and from cruel and unusual punishment.

The Ninth Amendment states that, just because some laws are specifically laid out in the Bill of Rights, that does not mean that the others are taken away.

The Tenth Amendment states that all powers not specifically given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms.

Federalists opposed the inclusion of a Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution because they believed that the Constitution itself was a bill of rights, establishing a framework that limited government power and protected individual liberties. They argued that listing specific rights could be dangerous, as it might imply that any unlisted rights were not protected. Additionally, they felt that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary in a republic where the government was accountable to the people and its powers were clearly defined.

The Amendments contained in the Bill of Rights make up a huge percentage of the values that this country was founded on. The Bill of Rights was, at the time, what set us apart from England, and for that matter, every other established country. It was a very radical move back then.

The right to freedom of speech (study Island) All rights are basically gauranteed because it is our rights which can't be violated by the government. Of course those rights do have limits as I can't go around in public shouting "I hate...." and say I have the right of Freedom of Speech.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees US citizens several rights. These rights are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to peaceably assemble, and the freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Also, the government may not establish a religion.

The Bill of Rights limited the governments intrusion onto the PRE-EXISTING rights listed in the bill. As noted in the preamble to the constitution, some rights of man are self evident, and pre-existed any government formation. Some members of the constitutional committee wanted to ensure that these rights remained sacrosanct, and held out for the compromise that led to the writing of the Bill of Rights.

Some examples of types of speech not protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution:

* Slander & libel

* False testimony & perjury

* Conspiracy to commit crimes

* Treason & espionage

* Pornography

* Speech designed to disrupt the rights of others or harm others

The rights the colonists had as English citizens was that they had the same rights as the people living in England. Basically, there were no changes between the colonists and the English citizens.

Ninth Amendment said "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Tenth Amendment said "The powers not delegated to the United Stated by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the Stated repectively, or to the people." The Ninth and Tenth Amendments were added because not every right of the people or of the states could be listed in the Constitution.

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The First Amendment prohibits government (federal, state, or local) from making laws regarding the establishment of religion, interfering with the free exercise of religion, limiting the freedom of speech, interfering with the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceable assembly, or prohibiting the petitioning the government for a redress of grievances. Provided, the peace is not breached by any of these actions, and the rights of others are not violated in the process.

Yes, the First Amendment to the US Constitution is very important. It allows for individuals to speak their minds, write teir opinions, meet publically and to hold and practice whatever religious beliefs they wished. It is one of the main checks on government power as it prevents laws designed to stifle dissent.

No, this is why the Constitution was such a revolutionary idea.

Because they knew that a government-controlled press could not properly serve its citizens, it would only tell the people what the government wanted them to hear. A good example being "Pravda" in the Soviet Union. The "free press" in the United States, while still not controlled by the govermnent, is mostly under the direction of large corporations which dictate the content of the newspapers, magazines, and TV networks they own, so except for small independent efforts it is no longer really free.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees people freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble peacefully, and the right to petition the government.

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So the government could contract with other countries and convert the America to the United States Corporation for the purpose of commerce and trade.

By making America into a Corporation gave the Governemt control over the land and the Constitution.

The Constitution was actually ratified several years before the Bill of Rights. Several states' delegations had reservations about signing the Constitution because they felt it did not do enough to protect individual rights and states rights. The compromise was that the authors of the Constitution agreed that they would work to get important rights added through the amendment process. The result of that agreement was the Bill of Rights, which became law in 1792.

APEX: People were afraid of living under another monarchy