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People have freedom of speech, press, to assemble, and to petition the government.

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Many BLM protests are happening in the United States. As long as they remain peaceful, people are free to have these protests due to the first amendment.

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This is arguably the most important amendment. It contains the basic rights of the people. Political debates, however, are still occurring about this topic to this day.

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People have the right to own guns and the country has the right to a militia.

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Soldiers can't take over a home during war or peace without the homeowner's permission.

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People and their belongings can't be searched or taken without a warrant and probable cause.

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People can't be charged for the same crime twice. Nobody has to be a witness against himself. All citizens are allowed due process.

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People have the right to a speedy and public trial by jury to all who are accused of a crime.

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Excessive bail is not required. Cruel and unusual punishment is not allowed.

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There are many debates occurring about whether or not people should have the right to bear arms. Some people don't think guns are necessary in this day and age, while others say that it's in their right to own a gun.

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Trial by jury is allowed to be held for certain civil disputes.

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No one's constitutional rights should be used to infringe upon the rights of others.

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Each state is provided with powers that are not specifically assigned to the nation's government in the constitution.

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With all of the gun violence going on today, this amendment is very important for those who choose to own a gun for protection. Many people believe that making it more difficult to get a gun will decrease the number of shootings that occur, while other people say owning a gun is every citizen's right.

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The huge presence of the National Guard in Washington, DC, amid protests over police brutality has sparked discussions of the Third Amendment to the US Constitution.

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Anything from a teacher demanding to see what's inside a student's backpack to a police officer stopping a vehicle to see what's inside all involves the fourth amendment.

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In San Francisco, an Uber executive was accused of stealing driverless car technology from his past employers at Google. He exercised his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.

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The Seventh Amendment has few defenders in Congress.  The biggest defender of the Seventh Amendment is the trial lawyers association, which means no one in Washington is defending the Seventh Amendment. Trump's Tort Reform threatens this amendment.

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The state of Missouri has had to adjust its lethal injection protocols because drug suppliers are increasingly unwilling to participate in a practice that is considered contrary to basic principles of human rights by most democratic nations. A bare majority of the court said that the eighth amendment doesn't forbid the state of Missouri from executing a prisoner by torturing him to death.

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Court Cases haven't used just the ninth amendment for a ruling. It has been paired with other rights for the legalization of birth control, for example. This amendment doesn't grant certain rights, rather than simply protecting them.

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Some people believed Trump had rights under the Sixth Amendment to face his accuser in the impeachment inquiry hearings (which is not the case, since this amendment involves only criminal cases).

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In New York v. United States, Justice O’Connor wrote that a federal waste-management law “would ‘commandeer’ state governments into the service of federal regulatory purposes, and this would be inconsistent with the Constitution’s division of authority between federal and state governments.

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It gives the right to the people (and not the government) who can live in your home.

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People have a right to their privacy and the government can't take that away without justification.

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It levels the playing field in the sense that uneducated people don't have to defend themselves. They can have a professional to help them win their case.

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It prevents potential criminals from sitting around in jail for a crime they may not have even committed.

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It protects us from having our rights abused by the government.

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It gives people a punishment that fits the crime while protecting people from

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It offers a Constitutional safety net- these rights are not the only rights citizens have.

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It provides checks and balances between state and federal levels of government.