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Fredon of speach, religion, petition and protest, assembaly and press
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The right to bear arms and a well regulated millitia being being necessary for the security of a free state
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No quartering of soldiers
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prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury.
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This amendment codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases, and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact, on any casses over 20 dollars.
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prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.
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addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.
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The amendment says that the federal government has only those powers specifically granted by the Constitution.
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sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions. The Supreme Court has applied the protections of this amendment to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
