Posted: 5/23/2017 4:27:31 PM EDT
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Where is there a list of all the amendments, I know the 2nd one is the right to bear arms. What are the rest Thanks |
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I'll be nice. Since your a limey it would help to have some backstory on WHY these amendments were made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution |
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Thanks. I know I could of Google it but I wanted to see if people knew them. We didn't do any American history at school. Thanks for the links I will read them Atb It didn't work. 
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It is not as clear as you might think because the Bill of Rights Amendments don't line up with rights one a one for one basis.
First Amendment--freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free exercise of religion, disestablishment of religion, right to assemble, right to petition the government Second Amendment--RKBA Third Amendment--prohibition on quartering soldiers in private homes Fourth Amendment--prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures and warrants require probable cause Fifth Amendment--privilege against self incrimination, no deprivation of property without due process of law, right to grand jury in felony cases, Sixth Amendment--right to counsel, right to speedy trial, right to confront witnesses Seventh Amendment--right to civil jury trial Eight Amendment--prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, prohibition on excessive bail and fines |
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5th is pretty common knowledge. Based on some of the evening and weekend posts here probably should have included the 21st too! (There was a bar down the street called the 21st Amendment when I was in school. I'll never forget that Amendment.) |
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Thanks. I know I could of Google it but I wanted to see if people knew them. We didn't do any American history at school. Thanks for the links I will read them Atb I don't know if anyone else went for it and got them all, but I did. 
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We aren't necessarily supposed to know them off the tops of our heads, because it's not an exhaustive list of freedom. The 9th and 10th were the big ones. A way of saying, "The federal government better not twist this to mean everything we didn't mention is theirs." It didn't work. 
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We aren't necessarily supposed to know them off the tops of our heads, because it's not an exhaustive list of freedom. The 9th and 10th were the big ones. A way of saying, "The federal government better not twist this to mean everything we didn't mention is theirs." It didn't work. Quoted:
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Thanks. I know I could of Google it but I wanted to see if people knew them. We didn't do any American history at school. Thanks for the links I will read them Atb It didn't work. |
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1st Amendment: Guarantees the right to the freedoms of speech, press, and religion. Protects the right to petition the government.
2nd Amendment: Guarantees the people’s right to own and bear arms for their defense. 3rd Amendment: Citizens cannot be forced to quarter soldiers during times of peace. 4th Amendment: Citizens cannot be forced to subject themselves to seizure and search without a search warrant and probable cause. 5th Amendment: Prohibits abuse of governmental authority in legal procedures. Establishes rules for indictment by eminent domain and grand jury. Guarantees the due process rights. Protects citizens from self-incrimination and double jeopardy. 6th Amendment: Guarantees fair and speedy jury trial and the rights to know the accusation, the accuser, and to find counsel and witnesses. 7th Amendment: Reserves individuals’ rights to jury trial depending on the civil case, and cases already examined by not be re-opened by another court. 8th Amendment: Forbids exorbitant bails and fines and punishment that is unusual or cruel. 9th Amendment: Reserves the rights of citizens which are not specifically mentioned by the U.S. Constitution. 10th Amendment: Reserves powers that are not given to the U.S. government under the Constitution, nor prohibited to a State of the U.S., to the people and the States. 11th Amendment: State sovereign immunity. States are protected from suits by citizens living in another state or foreigners that do not reside within the state borders. Ratified: Feb. 7, 1795 12th Amendment: Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing vice-presidents and presidents. 13th Amendment: Except as punishment for criminal offense, forbids forced-slavery and involuntary servitude. 14th Amendment: Details Equal Protection Clause, Due Process Clause, Citizenship Clause, and clauses dealing with the Confederacy and its officials. 15th Amendment: Reserves citizens the suffrage rights regardless of their race, color, or previous slave status. 16th Amendment: Reserves the U.S. government the right to tax income. 17th Amendment: Establishes popular voting as the process under which senators are elected. 18th Amendment: Denies the sale and consumption of alcohol. 19th Amendment: Reserves women’s suffrage rights. 20th Amendment: also known as the “lame duck amendment,” establishes date of term starts for Congress (January 3) & the President (January 20). 21st Amendment: Details the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. State laws over alcohol are to remain. 22nd Amendment: Limit the terms that an individual can be elected as president (at most two terms). Individuals who have served over two years of someone else’s term may not be elected more than once. 23rd Amendment: Reserves the right of citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for their own Electors for presidential elections. 24th Amendment: citizens cannot be denied the suffrage rights for not paying a poll tax or any other taxes. 25th Amendment: establishes the procedures for a successor of a President. 26th Amendment: Reserves the right for citizens 18 and older to vote. 27th Amendment: Denies any laws that vary the salaries of Congress members until the beginning of the next terms of office for Representatives. |
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Plus, without the first two, the rest wouldn't matter. There is a reason they were listed 1st and 2nd, because they're the most important to liberty in a Constitutional Republic. The 9th and 10th on the other hand have been repeatedly and endlessly usurped, some would say the 4th also in more recent years. |
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The problem with the Fourth Amendment is that it is vague. It prohibits "unreasonable" searches and seizures without providing any standard as to what that means. Modern courts have become so disconnected from the natural law and common law underpinnings of the Constitution, that it became standard-less, and now there is a whole body of law, largely made up by the Supreme Court in the last 60 years, explaining what it means.
I do think that the current state of 4A law is much more robust, and we enjoy more actual protection, that we do with the 2A. |