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Bill of Rights
The first 10 Amendments of the US Constitution, commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights. These amendments were considered crucial by many of the early founders and were necessary to gain support of some of the states.
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How many Bill of Rights amendments did James Madison present to the Constitutional Convention?
In 1789, James Madison--nicknamed "the father of the Constitution", proposed twelve amendments that ultimately became the ten amendments making up the U.S. Bill of Rights. In this respect, Madison was unquestionably the person who wrote the First Amendment. So while Madison unquestionably wrote the First Amendment, it would be a little bit of a stretch to suggest that it was Madison's idea. He proposed it more to honor his mentor and humor opponents of the Constitution than anything else, and his model for a constitutional amendment protecting free expression and freedom of conscience was not particularly original.
What are the two parts of the second amendment known as?
-The Right to bear Arms
-That's mostly it... there are MINOR details added to it...
The seventh amendment protects ones right to?
The 7th Amendment was added to the Constitution because citizens were concerned about the right for a trial by jury. The 7th Amendment guaranteed the right for civil law trials by jury that exceed the cost of $20. It also guaranteed the right to an appeal to federal courts.
How did the supreme court ruling in Miranda v Arizona expand the 5th amendment?
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How did the Great Awakening influence the creation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
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What does the second amendment exactly say?
There are different variations of the amendment in terms of capitalization and punctuation, however, the Amendment as written states:
"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."
What statement best describes the meaning of we the people?
"We the people" means...
WE, the citizens of the great United States...
The ninth amendment says basically that just because something isn't mentioned doesn't mean it isn't a right. For instance, the right to privacy is not in the constitution but it is cited under the 9th amendment as something that is understood. to summarize "just because we forget a certain right doesn't mean you don't have it"
What did the US Supreme Court rule the Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury doesn't apply to?
Lewis v. United States, 518 US 322 (1996)
In Lewis, the Supreme Court held defendants accused of petty crimes, even multiple petty crimes, do not have a right to trial by jury. Often, the determining factor is whether the sentence involves imprisonment of six months or less, or combined sentences of more than six months imprisonment. There are some exceptions to this rule, however.
In the opinion of the Court, Justice O'Connor wrote:
"The Sixth Amendment reserves the jury trial right to defendants accused of serious crimes. As set forth above, we determine whether an offense is serious by looking to the judgment of the legislature, primarily as expressed in the maximum authorized term of imprisonment. Here, by setting the maximum authorized prison term at six months, the Legislature categorized the offense of obstructing the mail as petty. The fact that petitioner was charged with two counts of a petty offense does not revise the legislative judgment as to the gravity of that particular offense, nor does it transform the petty offense into a serious one, to which the jury trial right would apply."
For more information, see Related Questions, below.
What rights are found in the Eighth Amendment?
No infliction of excessive fines, cruel or unusual punishment.
It's not so much a term as the last phrase. The very end of the 5th amendment is "nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."
Freedom of religion refers to people's rights to believe and practice their religion, NOT to violate OTHER people's rights.
What does section 10 of article 16 bill of rights mean?
In the Bill of Rights there is no section 10 of article 16. There are 10 rights listed and that is all.
Is the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment violated by money saying 'In God We Trust'?
The courts have ruled that it does not.
