What is the Bill of Rights? Detailed answer

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What is the Bill of Rights?

The fundamental law of the United States is written into the Constitution. This is the list of laws that everyone - no matter what city or state he lives in - is required to comply.

When the Constitutional Convention met in 1787 to adopt the Constitution, most of the delegates considered it obvious that a person had some rights and argued for not including it in the Constitution. And Virginia and many other states found it necessary to protect the rights of the individual and write them down in a "Bill of Rights" to be appended to the Constitution.

Ten amendments, known as the "Bill of Rights", guarantee:

1. People have the right to say and write what they want, to form unions and to file complaints with the government. Congress cannot make any religion official, and people can practice any.

2. States have the right to draft their own citizens into the state police.

3. In peacetime, people cannot be forced to take soldiers into their homes.

4. Officials may not search a person or his home, or seize property without a warrant. And a warrant (a paper signed by the prosecutor) can only be issued if it is necessary to catch a criminal or prevent a crime.

5. A person cannot be put on trial until the jury finds sufficient grounds for trial. A person cannot be tried twice for the same crime. A person should not be encouraged to testify against himself. A person cannot be executed, imprisoned or charged before trial. Personal property may not be confiscated for public use until its owner has been paid its value.

6. The case of a person suspected of a crime must be quickly brought to court; the court must be public; he has the right to ask the jury to take part in the hearing of the case; the suspect must be charged.

7. In especially important cases, a person has the right to demand a trial by jury.

8. The accused has the right to file an appeal and be released on bail or bail.

9. The rights listed on this list are not the only rights a person has.

10. Activities not prohibited by the Federal Government, though not listed as permitted, may be done by the states or directly by individuals.

Author: Likum A.

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