NCJ Number
116472
Date Published
1989
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This appendix reproduces amendments 1 through 10 and 14, which provide for basic constitutional rights.
Abstract
These include the provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, and petition (Amendment 1); the right to keep and bear arms (Amendment 2); the prohibition against the unconsented quartering of soldiers (Amendment 3); the prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures (Amendment 4); and the right to due process and the prohibitions against double jeopardy and self-incrimination (Amendment 5). Others include the right to a speedy trial, to confront witnesses, to an impartial jury, to counsel, and to compulsory process for obtaining witnesses (Amendment 6); the right to trial by jury (Amendment 7); the prohibition against excessive bail or fine and cruel and unusual punishment (Amendment 8); the retention of other rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution (Amendment 9); and the allocation of powers to the States or the people of those powers not specifically delegated to the United States or prohibited to the States (Amendment 10). The 14th amendment provides for due process of law and equal protection of the laws and details requirements for the election of Federal officials and the validity of the public debt.