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10 Cards in this Set
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Amendment 1 |
Congress can't make laws that... -Favor a religion over another. -Stops you from practicing your religion. -Stops you from saying whatever you want to say. -Prevents you from freedom of petition, or to request a change to the government. -Stops media from presenting any news, ideas, and opinions that they choose. |
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Amendment 2 |
Congress can't stop people from bearing arms. |
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Amendment 3 |
You don't need to let soldiers live in your house, unless there is a law passed during a war. |
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Amendment 4 |
No one can search your body house, your papers and things, unless they can prove to a judge that they have a good reason for the search. |
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Amendment 5 |
Except during times of war or if you are in the military: -You can’t be tried for crime without a Grand Jury meeting first to decide whether there’s enough evidence against you for a trial. -If the jury decides you are innocent, the government can’t try you again for the same crime with another jury. -You cannot be forced to admit you are guilty of a crime and if you don’t even have to say anything at your trial at all. -You can’t be killed, put in jail, or fined, unless you were convicted of a crime by a jury and all the legal steps of your arrest/trial were followed. -The government can't take anything that is yours without paying for it. |
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Amendment 6 |
If you are arrested and charged with a crime: -You have a right to have your trial soon and in public. -It has to be decided by a jury of people from where you are, if you wish. -You have the right to know what you are accused of doing wrong. -You have the right to a lawyer to help you. |
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Amendment 7 |
You have the right to a jury when it is a civil case. |
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Amendment 8 |
The government can’t make you pay more than is reasonable in bail or in fines, and the government can’t inflict punishments even if you are convicted of a crime. |
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Amendment 9 |
Because these rights are listed in the Constitution, it doesn’t mean that you don’t have other rights too. |
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Amendment 10 |
Anything that the Constitution doesn’t say that Congress can do, is left up to the states and the people. |
