Bill of Rights

Amendment sin the bill of rights with their main idea, provisions, and clauses

Second Amendment

Recognizes the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

Third Amendment

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.

Fourth Amendment

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; warrants must be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.

Fifth Amendment

Provides the rights to a grand jury and due process, prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy, and requires eminent domain

• Due Process Clause: Guarantees that legal proceedings will be fair.

• Self-Incrimination Clause: Protects against being forced to testify against oneself.

Sixth Amendment

Guarantees the rights to speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and notice of accusation

• Confrontation Clause

  • You have the right to confront (question) witnesses who testify against you.

• Compulsory Process Clause

  • You can call witnesses in your favor and force them to testify with a subpoena.

• Assistance of Counsel Clause

  • You have the right to a lawyer. If you can’t afford one, the court must provide on

Seventh Amendment

Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment

Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.

Ninth Amendment

Affirms that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment

States that powers not delegated to the federal government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

First Amendment

Protects the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

• Establishment Clause: Prohibits the government from establishing an official religion.
• Free Exercise Clause: Protects the right to practice one's religion freely.