By: Taina Quiles
March 19, 2012
Gr. 8 – HR B227
Computer Enrichment
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Congress shall make no law respecting
an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of
grievances.
1.
Congress can’t make a law that doesn’t let you practice your religion,
changes your religion, keep you from saying what you want about
anything, or publishing whatever you like in a book or magazine.
Congress also can’t stop you from organizing a meeting a peaceful
meeting to ask the government to change something.
Today you have freedom of speech which is part of this commandment. In
America, you can speak your mind peacefully without getting punished.
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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 infringed.
2. Congress can’t stop us from having
or carrying weapons to defend
ourselves.
Today only certain states allow
someone to use a weapon to defend
themselves. This commandment isn’t
as useful today.
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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 prescribed
by law.
3. You don’t have to let
soldiers in your house unless
if there is a war and even
then they need permission by
law.
Today police may not go in
your house without a
warrant. The state must
approve of their reason to
come into your house. Now,
police may come into your
house even when there is no
war happening.
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The right of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated, and
no warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.
4. Nobody may search your body, house, or
paper and things. If they can prove that
they have a good reason to think you have
committed a crime then they have the right
to do so.
Today when police stop you in town they
may search your car and look through your
papers for any reason. This law isn’t used
today.
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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, except
in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in
the militia, when in actual service in time of war or
public danger; nor shall any person be subject for
the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life
or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal
case to be a witness against himself, nor be
deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law; nor shall private property be taken
for public use without just compensation.
5. You can't be tried for any serious crime without a Grand Jury meeting first to decide whether
there's enough evidence for a trial. If the jury decides you are innocent, the government can't try
again with another jury. You don't have to say anything at your trial. You can't be killed, or put in jail,
or fined, unless you were convicted of a crime by a jury. And the government can't take your house
or your farm or anything that is yours, unless the government pays for it.
Today you may be put into any trial without much evidence at all and into the trial is when they
search for evidence. The trial can take as long as it needs to be unless if they find you innocent.
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In all criminal prosecutions,
the accused shall enjoy the
right to a speedy and public
trial, by an impartial jury of
the State and district
wherein the crime shall
have been committed,
which district shall have
been previously
ascertained by law, and to
be informed of the nature
and cause of the
accusation; to be
confronted with the
witnesses against him; to
have compulsory process
for obtaining witnesses in
his favor, and to have the
assistance of counsel for
his defense.
6. If you're arrested, you have
a right to have your trial pretty
soon, and the government
can't keep you in jail without
trying you. The trial has to be
public, so everyone knows
what is happening. The case
has to be decided by a jury of
citizens from your area. In the
trial you have the right to
know what you are accused
of, to see and hear the people
who are witnesses against
you, to have the government
help you get witnesses on
your side, and to have a
lawyer to help you. Today you
have to be kept in jail until
your trial begins. You may be
realeased until your trial
begins if you have paid you
bail which is usually a large
amount of money.
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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 fact
tried by a jury shall be otherwise
reexamined in any court of the
United States, than according to
the rules of the common law.
7. You have the right to a jury when it is a civil
case. Today you have a jury for a major case
not a minor one. Jury’s are more used for
major cases just to have an opinion of what
people may think. If someone is found not
guilty, when everyone thinks they were a jury
may try to play against it.
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Excessive bail shall not be
required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual
punishments inflicted.
8. The government can't make you pay more than
is reasonable in bail or in fines, and the
government can't order you to have cruel or
unusual punishments even if you are convicted of
a crime.
Today the bails are usually an excessive amount
like 1 million dollars that no ordinary person can
pay. If you are convicted of a serious crime death
may result in it.
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The
enumeration
in the
Constitution,
of certain
rights, shall
not be
construed to
deny or
disparage
others
retained by
the people.
9. Just because
only these rights
are listed in the
constitution does
not mean you do
not have any
other rights also.
Today all laws
are listed. Some
are not really
regulated.
Congress may
make useless
laws today but
keep them
anyway.
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The powers not
delegated to
the United
States by the
Constitution,
nor prohibited
by it to the
States, are
reserved to the
States
respectively, or
to the people.
10. Anything that the Constitution doesn't say that
Congress can do should be left up to the states, or to
the people.
Today only state laws are left to the state. The states
may not change any national laws. People may vote
for some national laws and state laws but, must be a
citizen.
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Commandments: http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html#1
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