What does “We the people” mean to you? We all want a perfect union and justice, otherwise how free is freedom? Our forefathers stood for those liberties and fought to secure posterity. The cost of freedom is priceless, yet you find that many people today are falling short of knowing their rights and laws to maintain a percentage of being that true American. We need to be aware of our rights and abide by the laws of the land in order for us to stand firm against foreign predators. Know your rights: First Amendment: Freedom of Expression Freedom of Religion - Religious Practices - Evolution - Parochial Schools - School Prayer - Religious Displays Freedom of Speech - Political Speech - Obscenity Freedom of the Press - Censorship - Libel Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Petition Second and Third Amendments: Arms and Armies Second Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms - The Militia Clause - The Right to Arms Clause Third Amendment: Quartering Troops Fourth Amendment: Unreasonable Searches and Seizures - The Exclusionary Rule Privacy - Consent - Good Faith - Stop and Frisk Fifth Amendment: Due Process Self-Incrimination - Confessions - “Taking the Fifth” - Immunity - The Miranda Warning Sixth and Seventh Amendments: Fair Trials The Sixth Amendment: Juries in Criminal Trials - The Speedy Trial Clause - The Public Trial Clause - The Impartial Jury Clause - The Confrontation Clause - Assistance of Counsel The Seventh Amendment: Juries in Civil Trials The Eighth Amendment: Bail and Punishment The Ninth-Twelfth Amendments: Political System - Ninth Amendment: Unremunerated Rights - The Tenth Amendment: States’ Rights - The Eleventh Amendment: Suing states - The Twelfth Amendment: Selecting the President The Thirteenth – Fifteenth Amendments: Civil Rights - The abolishment of slavery The Fourteenth Amendment: Due Process and Equal Protection - Citizenship - Civil Rights The Fifteenth Amendment: Voting Rights The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments: Taxes and Senators The Sixteenth Amendment - The Federal Income Tax Law - Tax Protests The Seventeenth Amendment - The composing of the Senators The Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments: Prohibition and Repeal - Eighteenth Amendment: Prohibition - Twenty-First Amendment: Repeal The Nineteenth Amendment: Women’s Suffrage The Twentieth and Twenty-Second through Twenty-Seventh Amendments - Twentieth Amendment: Lame Ducks - Twenty-Second Amendment: Presidential Term Limits - Twenty-Third Amendment: D.C. Voting - Twenty-Fourth Amendment: No Tax on Voting - Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Presidential Succession - Twenty-Sixth Amendment: Voting at age 18 - Twenty-Seventh Amendment: Congressional Pay We are the future of the Constitution, from the political, social, crime and punishment to being aware of the President’s power. We must keep ourselves well informed regarding our rights and not abuse those liberties. The principle is that society must abide by the rules of our land in agreement to live by them effectively. If we remember that our country was built upon effort and not privilege, those liberties will be safeguarded under the Bill of Rights and subsequent Amendments! |