The United States Bill of Rights
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, orprohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or ofthe press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition theGovernment for a redress of grievances. A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not beinfringed. No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without theconsent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed bylaw. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, andeffects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, andno Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath oraffirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and thepersons or things to be seized. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime,unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arisingin the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in timeof War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense tobe twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminalcase to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, orproperty, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken forpublic use without just compensation. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedyand public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein thecrime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previouslyascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of theaccusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsoryprocess for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance ofcounsel for his defense. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twentydollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by ajury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, thanaccording to the rules of the common law. Excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive fines imposed, nor crueland unusual punishments inflicted. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not beconstrued to deny or disparage others retained by thepeople. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, norprohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or tothe people.The animal puppets for 6 months under 10 dollarsUnited States Bill of Rights.
The Ten Original Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Passed by Congress September 25, 1789
Ratified December 15, 1791
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
Related recommendations
-
A Message from the Sea
-
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Latin Vulgate, Daniel: Prophetia Danielis, by Anonymous
-
Sylvie and Bruno, by Lewis Carroll
-
The Project Gutenberg Book of Holiday Romance, by Charles Dickens
-
The Girl With the Golden Eyes, by Honore de Balzac
-
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton
- Recently published
-
- El Verdugo, by Honore de Balzac
- The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- The Lost City, by Joseph E. Badger, Jr.
- The Grey Brethren, by Michael Fairless
- Style, by Walter Raleigh
- The Land That Time Forgot
- Wieland; Or the Transformation, by Charles Brockden Brown
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Golden Threshold, by Sarojini Naidu
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Poems, by Wilfred Owen
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Latin Vulgate, Daniel: Prophetia Danielis, by Anonymous
- Random reads
-
- Her Prairie Knight, by B.M. Sinclair, Aka B. M. Bower
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Star
- Jasmin, by Samuel Smiles, LL.D.
- Prayers written at Vailimia, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare
- Boyhood in Norway, by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
- The Aeroplane Speaks, by H. Barber
- The Gathering of Brother Hilarius, by Michael Fairless
- Yankee Gypsies, by John Greenleaf Whittier
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Constitution of Japan, 1946, by Japan
- Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Project Gutenberg E
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Jacket (The Star
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Latin Vulgate, Daniel: Prophetia Danielis, by Anonymous
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Across the Plains, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Autobiography of a Quack, by S. Weir Mitchell
- Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by Victor Appleton
- The Project Gutenberg E
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of James Otis, the Pre
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Die Augsburger Confession, by Philipp Melanchthon
- Search
-
- Friendly links
-
- best memory games for 9 year olds under 10 dollars
- best sensory bins for 7 year olds under 20 dollars
- best play kitchens for 9 year olds under 20 dollars
- best wooden blocks for kids
- best musical plush toys for 8 year olds under 30 dollars
- robot kits for siblings
- music boxes for 11 year olds under 50 dollars
- best hand puppets for 12 months under 50 dollars
- toddler dolls for 2 year olds under 100 dollars
- miniature figures for 9 year olds under 20 dollars
- Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde
- Herodias, by Gustave Flaubert
- The Malefactor, by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- The Iron Puddler, by James J. Davis
- A Master's Degree, by Margaret Hill Mccarter
- The Heritage of the Desert, by Zane Grey
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Salomé, by Oscar Wilde
- Doctor Marigold
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Le Morte D’Arthur, Volume I (of II), by Thomas Malory
- Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, by Olive Schreiner