The Bill of Rights

2. Protects individuals from “unreasonable” searches and seizures.
6. Individuals have the rights to write to government representatives of officials, seeking a change in law.
9. A citizen cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
10. Wrote the Bill of Rights
15. People should have the right to keep and bear arms (carry weapons).
16. Guarantees the right to a trial by a jury in many civil disputes.

1. Guarantees individuals the right to freely engage in any religious practices that do not directly harm others
3. Allows newspapers, radio, and television to write or announce what they want without fear of punishment
4. First ten amendments of the Constitution
5. States that just because the Constitution lists some specific individual rights, this does not mean that citizens do not hold other rights.
7. Prohibits the government from placing troops in people’s homes without their permission.
8. People have the right to gather peacefully with others without fear that the government will use force against them.
11. The federal government has powers only over things specifically given to them in the Constitution.
12. Federal courts cannot require unusually high bail.
13. Americans cannot be put in jail for criticizing the government or for expressing individual beliefs.
14. Guarantees a fair and impartial trial to all persons accused of a crime.