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US constitutional law
The Bill of Rights
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First Amendment
Religion, speech, press, assembly, petition.
Second Amendment
The right to keep and bear arms.
Third Amendment
No quartering of soldiers in private homes in peacetime.
Fourth Amendment
No unreasonable searches and seizures; warrants require probable cause.
Fifth Amendment
Grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process, and takings with just compensation.
Sixth Amendment
Speedy and public trial, impartial jury, confrontation of witnesses, counsel.
Seventh Amendment
Jury trial in civil cases at common law.
Eighth Amendment
No excessive bail or fines, and no cruel and unusual punishment.
Ninth Amendment
Listing some rights does not deny others retained by the people.
Tenth Amendment
Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
Fourteenth Amendment
Not part of the Bill of Rights, but the vehicle by which most of it is applied to the states.
Incorporation doctrine
The process of applying Bill of Rights protections to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause.