A Lesson on the Bill of Rights

This is quite possibly one document that politicians need to look at a bit more carefully, the bill of rights was added as amendments to the constitution, these were rights given to every legal US citizen in our constitution, and the government promised not to mess with them.

The first amendment to the constitution is the freedom, religion, press, petition and assembly, this was one of the first things that far left attacked, thankfully a few people stood up for our rights and to this point in time they are still in tact.

The amendments to the constitution were added to remind the people, and the government of the rights that we have as US citizens, and so the government would know that these rights are to remain in force at all times, no matter what situation my come about.

The second amendment to the constitution id the right to bare arms to defend your family, and your property, the second right of which the far left has tried to attack, all they have to do is look at England, and Australia if they wonder how effective this would be at controlling gun crime.

The third amendment concerned quartering soldiers, and states the no soldier in time of peace should be quartered in any house without consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manor prescribed by law.

The third amendment is quite simply saying that the government can't force you to house soldiers in your home, in time of peace, nor in time of war without your consent, I wonder how easy this one could be violated.

The fourth amendment deals with warrants and searches of your house, or your property, the right of the people to be secure in their houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.

This states that the government shall not enter your house illegally to perform a search of the property, we now have this little thing called the patriot act, which does it's best to supersede this amendment, and gives them more power then they should have.

The fifth amendment deals with the individual debt and double jeopardy, this means the no person legally in the United States can be charged with the same crime twice, if your found innocent the government can't re-try your for the same crime.

This means that if your charged with a crime, and then found not guilty by a jury of your peers, the government can't bring you before a jury again for the exact same crime, this is one of the amendments that is followed pretty closely.

Amendment six states that you have the right to a speedy trial, and the government must provide reliable witnesses to the crime before they can prosecute you for a crime, they can't use evidence from some other crime that you supposedly committed in an other state, or country.

The idea behind this amendment is to give the accused protection against sitting in jail while the government builds a case to incarcerate them, they must have t you to an arraignment, or formal reading of the charges against you within 48 hours.

Amendment six is your right to a jury trial, this states that you must have the right to have twelve people hear your the charges against you, and have them decide your guilt, or innocence rather then you being forced to stand alone before a judge and have him decide tour fate.

This is a default mechanism that has been put in place so one person can't act as a so called god over your case, unless you give up the right to a jury trial, in which case you'll have a bench trial, which is to say that your case will be heard by the judge rather then a jury.

Amendment seven deals with bail and fines, and also cruel and unusual punishment, it states that no judge, or court shall impose an excessive bail on you to keep you from getting good representation in court, or bail that out weighs the crime that you have committed.

Also if the system has imposed some sort of cruel, or unusual punishment on you, you have the right to speak up on the issue to resolve the problem in the best manor possible, they are not allowed to treat you as they please according to their likes.

Amendment nine is the existence of other rights for the people, the enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to disparage or deny others retained by the state.

This states that the feds cannot remove, or disparage rights that are retained by your which may, or may not appear in the constitution, it states that your state has the right to create rights that are given by your state, and cannot be removed by the federal government.

Amendment ten states that the powers not delegated to the United States by its constitution, nor prohibited by the states, are reserved by the states,or by the people.

This states that any rights and laws not mentioned in the constitution, are explicitly controlled by the states, or by the people in the states, and not reverted to the federal government.

I am no law professor, but this is truly a simple document to understand, and even more simple to follow, it is out here to protect the people of the United States against a runaway government, and it's not doing a great job right now, it needs to be followed for it to work.