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Martin Luther King Jr. “I have a dream” speech but was tossed in to king jail. It is here to protect the Americans for their freedom. Martin Luther king Jr. spoke about a law the  will protect all the Americans for their freedom.

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The fourth amendment forbids unreasonable searches and seizures by government officials. Seizure means taking away property. The fourth amendment says that officials cannot perform searches and seizures without a good reason. In 1789, Americans wanted to protect their right to safety and privacy.

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The first amendment stops the government from making laws that take away basic freedom.

It protects Americans’ freedom. For example: Martin Luther king jr. spoke out for laws that protect the right of all people. Without the first amendment , king might have been put in jail for his “I have a dream” speech.

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The 7th amendment protects the people’s right to settle civil disputes in a jury trial. For example, someone hurt in a car accident might want the driver to pay for hospital costs.

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The National government has only those powers that are clearly listed in the constitution. All other powers belong to the states or to the people.

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The 9th Amendment

The 9th Amendment says that Americans have many other rights that are not listed in the Bill Of Rights. For example, people have the freedom to choose where to live and what job to do.

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The constitution was completed in 1787. Then it had to be ratified by 9 states.
Many people were afraid that it made the national government too strong.

On September 25, 1789, congress voted to approve the 10 amendments now known as the Bill of Rights.

The men who wrote the Constitution had included a process for adding amendments. This proposal helped win approval for the constitution.

However, many still feared that a powerful government would limit the rights of citizens. In several states, the vote on the constitution was very close.

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Stops the government from making laws that take away basic freedom. In the early days people wanted freedom of religion. That’s why the pilgrims left England. But some American colonies made people attend one church. Now, we can choose to practice any religion we want. We can express what we want to say. We can say what we want to say about the governments laws. But a long time ago, you would get arrested for saying what you thought about the British laws. But, we have limits to free speech. If someone yelled “FIRE!” in a place where there is no fire. Someone might get hurt. We can write anything we want in the press. A while back, newspaper writers would get thrown in jail for complaints about British acts. But the press also has limits. They cannot lie about people.

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The Second Amendment says that each state needs a military or an army of citizens. They cannot take their rights to keep and bear arms.

Americans wanted guns to protect themselves from outlaws and American Indians. And people used guns for an every day life to hunt and protect their family’s. And almost everyone have had a gun because there were no police to keep everyone safe.

The Second Amendment protects your right to own guns. But people disagree about this topic. Many people who say this have been disturbed. They think only certain people should carry and own guns. And other people think that laws should not be in place to ban guns, just because people use them unfairly and they are misused.

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It is related to the 5th amendment the amendment says that jury members must be imparsheld. Our rights are to have a fair trial. There was a black man guilty of killing a white man. Courts have extended this protection to people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.

The amendment also says that jury members must be impartial.the court threw out the jury’s decision because the black mans guilty of killing a white man.

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The second amendment says that each state needs a militia, or an army of citizens.

But, the government cannot take away the citizens guns.

They wanted guns to hunt and protect them selfs and there families.

Today the second amendment protects the right to own guns.

Some citizens don’t want guns because they might cause violence.

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-protects the rights of Americans accused of crimes
-can not be punesed for the same frame twice
-the gorernmentncan not force people to whitnesses age send them selfs
-the government must also pay fair for property used for city uses

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The 3rd amendment states that the government cannot force citizens to let soldiers live in their homes.

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What it is: The 8th amendment protects people from being treated unfairly in law.

It states that people cannot be forced to pay excessive bails.

It forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

It protects the from excessive fines.

For example: If someone has to pay a parking ticket and it’s $1,000 that is to excessive.