The tenth Amendment: Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states...
The Ninth Amendment: Other Rights Kept by the People
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The Eighth Amendment: Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Forbidden
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The Seventh Amendment: Rights in Civil Cases
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no...
The Sixth Amendment: Rights of Accused Persons in Criminal Cases
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by animpartial jury of the state and...
The Fifth Amendment: Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on apresentment or indictment of a grand jury, except...
The Fourth Amendment: Protection from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be...
The Third Amendment: The Housing of Soldiers
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner to be...
The Second Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms
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 be...
The First Amendment: Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of...
