The Bill of Rights

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1st Amendment
Ensures: free exercise of religion, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and the right to peaceably assemble.
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2nd Amendment
Ensures the right to bear arms.
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3rd Amendment
Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, and outright bans it in peacetime.
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4th Amendment
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.
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5th Amendment
Protects a person from being compelled to be a witness against themself in a criminal case.
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6th Amendment
Related to criminal prosecutions.
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7th Amendment
Right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact.
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8th Amendment
Prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
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9th Amendment
Ensure the rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.
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10th Amendment
Expresses the principle of federalism.
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Card 2

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Ensures the right to bear arms.

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2nd Amendment

Card 3

Front

Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, and outright bans it in peacetime.

Back

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Card 4

Front

Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.

Back

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Card 5

Front

Protects a person from being compelled to be a witness against themself in a criminal case.

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