Bill of Rights - Jonah and Gabe

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  1. 2. A trial in which the issue is determined by a judge in a jury, usually with 12 members whose job is to determine facts and make a judgment of guilty or not guilty; protected in the 6th amendment.
  2. 6. A system of justice accorhttps://crosswordlabs.com/#ding to establish rules and principles; based on the principle in the Fifth Amendment that a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and protections.
  3. 7. A guarantee under the 14th amendment that a state must treat a citizen or class of citizens the same as it treats other citizens or classes in like circumstances.
  4. 8. According to the 9th amendment, any right that is not specifically addressed in the Constitution still may be protected.
  5. 12. The prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment.
  6. 13. The act of a person refusing to testify under an oath in a court of law on the grounds that the answers could be used as evidence against him to convict of a criminal offense.
  7. 14. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from establishing a religion and from interfering with freedom of religious exercise, press, speech, assembly, or petition.
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  1. 1. The idea in the second amendment that people have an individual right to own and carry weapons.
  2. 3. The right to vote; protected in the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendment.
  3. 4. Punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes forms of punishment too severe for the crime committed.
  4. 5. The right of a defendant to be assisted by an attorney, and if he cannot afford his own lawyer, the government must appoint one for him; established in the sixth amendment.
  5. 9. The process by which police or other authorities who suspect that a crime has been committed to do a search on a persons property and cut any relevant evidence to the crime; protection from illegal search and seizure is in the 4th amendment.
  6. 10. The first ten amendments of the Constitution establishing rights and protections for American citizens.
  7. 11. The right of the government to take private property for the public use; The fifth amendment requires that fair compensation be made when property is taken under eminent domain.