The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

The Fifth Amendment ‘’The fifth amendment is an old friend and a good friend. It is one of the great landmarks in man’s struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. It is our way of escape from the use of torture.’’ -William O. Douglas The first ten amendments, known as the bill of rights, were written to help look after each personś guaranteed freedoms from being violated by the government.

Subsequently, the Fourth Amendment states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against

The third amendment of The Bill of Rights required the civilians permission to allow a soldier into the person’s home. The fourth amendment gave a citizen the right to privacy from the government in their home, therefore the soldier would not be allowed to enter the home. The sixth amendment required a public trial by a jury of the their peers requiring the royal officer accused a crime to remain. The Bill of Rights also gave the people the right to freedom of expression under the first amendment. Finally amendment nine claimed that the Constitution could not be used to limit the rights of the people.

The Sixth Amendment: The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is mainly directed towards ensuring the rights of the accused. Under this amendment, criminal defendants have the right to a speedy trial. When determining whether or not this right has been violated, the Supreme Court analyzes: how long the delay lasted, the reason, the degree of prejudice to the defendant if caused, and most importantly whether or not the defendant consented to the delay, therefore waiving their right to later object. Aside from a speedy trial, defendants also have the right to a public trial, though it is not absolute due to circumstances of excess publicity that may cause harm. In addition to rights concerning the defendant’s trial, the accused also possess the right to a fair and impartial jury.

R2 ¶1. The US Constitution declares the separation of church and state. ¶2. The First Amendment states that the government may not interfere with people’s private religious beliefs. ¶3.

As per the 5th Amendment, it prevents against self-incrimination and double jeopardy and the 6th Amendment emphasizes on Criminal Prosecutions, where individuals have the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury, to

In the United States Constitution, the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments from the U.S. Bill of Rights, deal specifically with the rights of criminal defendants. The Fourth Amendment provided the criminal suspects protection from police officers and prosecutors for unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fifth Amendment guarantees a trial by jury, due process of law, and guards against double jeopardy and self-incrimination. The Sixth Amendment provided rights to accused persons and right to a speedy and public trial. The Eighth Amendment protects criminals from punishments.

These rights include: life, liberty, and property. An example of this would be IRS summonses which go against the fourth amendment. The fourth amendment is protection against search and seizure. Or the fact that taxpayers don’t have to provide financial information due to the fifth amendment, which provides protection against self incrimination. The sixteenth amendment may be contradicting but it also has some positives.

The fifth amendment declares everyone is entitled to a fair trial and cannot be put on trial for the same crime twice. The sixth amendment states that everyone is entitled to a fair and speedy trial. The seventh amendment discloses the right for everyone to have a jury trial. The eighth amendment prohibits excessive bail, and cruel, unusual, or torturous punishments for crimes. The ninth amendment are the enumerated rights.

Amendment 1 ¬ Freedoms, Petitions, and Assembly- This amendment protects religious liberties meaning there will be no law symbolizing a national religion or persecuting somebody if they chose to follow a certain religion. Under this amendment, citizens are also guaranteed freedom of speech meaning the right to express any opinions without censorship, the right to press meaning television, newspapers, magazines and other media sources can publish truthful reports, even if they may be controversial, without the government interfering, the right to peacefully assemble meaning someone can gather together with others without fear from the government that they are a mob, the right to complain, and seek assistance of the government without fear of

For example, the first amendment states we all have a right of privacy towards our beliefs. The third amendment is another perfect example; it states that soldiers cannot come into someone’s house without an owner ’s right or with the law’s permission. This means that my house is considered private.

The Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,

We’re able to express our political beliefs without being fearful that we might get sent to jail. Without this amendment, we wouldn 't be able to speak up for ourselves against the government whenever we

It also guarantees that life, liberty and property cannot be taken away without the due process of law. The Sixth Amendment allows for one accused of a crime to have a trial and a jury. The accused has the right to know what crime they were accused of, and has the right to hear all witnesses against them. The accused have the right to call witnesses to court. The accused is also guaranteed a lawyer, if they cannot afford one, the government must provide one.

The founders of our country believed these rights so important, that they wrote them into the Constitution to prevent the government from becoming too strong. The Judiciary has the responsibility (Supreme Court) to ensure laws do not violate the Constitution, Each court must take into account the Bill of Rights when determining if a law is unconstitutional. While each amendment is very important we will only focus on the three aforementioned amendments, the First Amendment guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, the right to assemble and the right to petitioning the government for redress of grievances (Legal Information Institute 2015). The Fourth Amendment provides individuals with the right to be secure in their persons against unreasonable search and seizure (Legal Information Institute 2015). The Fifth Amendment stipulates that no person can be held for a crime unless indicted by a Grand Jury or be required to self-incriminate, and lastly cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property (Legal Information Institute 2015).