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| the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution, establishing rights and protections for American citizens. |
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| Cruel and Unusal Punishment |
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| punishment prohibited by the eigth amendment to the U.S constitution ; includes torture or other forms of punishment too severe for the crime commited. |
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| the prosecution of a defendent for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the U.S constitution. |
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| a system of justice according to established rules and principles ; based on the principle in the fifth amendment that a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property. Without appropriate legal procedures and protections. |
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| The right of the government to take private property for puplic use ; the fifth amendment requires that fair compensation be made when property is taken under this action. |
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| The act of a person refusing to testify under oath in a court of law on the grounds that the answers could be used as evidence against him to convict him of a criminal offense. |
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| The idea in the second amendment that people have an individual right to own and carry weapons. |
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| The right of a defendant to be assisted by an attorney, and if he cannot afford his own lawyer, the government must appoint one for him ; established in the sixth amendment. |
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| The Bill of Rights was ratified in..... |
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| The "Bill of rights" is the first _____ amendments.. |
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| intended to protect the people from federal government abusing its powers, specifically as to the rights of political and religious expression, the rights and protections accorded individuals accused of crimes, private property protection, and the rights of the people as they relate to..... |
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| The bill of rights also includes amendments 2 and 3. What are those two amendments? |
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2- right to bear arms
3. soldiers being housed where you live |
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| The first word of the bill of rights , "congress", speaks to the focus of..... |
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| the bill of rights on the federal government. |
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| under the bill of rights, citizens are guranteed the right to .... |
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| free speech, free press, free religous exercise, assembly, and the right to petition the government. |
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| These kind of rights are enumerated in the ... |
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| 14th,10th,19th,and 26th amendments. |
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| The process where the U.S supreme court interprets state laws according to the protections established in the bill of rights is called ____________. |
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| The florida Declaration of Rights was added to Florida's original 1833 constitution in |
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| 1865 and was ratified in 1968 |
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| u.s supreme court decisions have all placed limitations on...... |
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| first amendment freedoms in order to protect the public interest. |
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| Rights and freedoms have been both.... |
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| the u.s supreme court developed a "test" for.... |
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| evaluating questions that pitted individual rights, against the public interest, in 1919. |
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