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From: stevem@solbourne.com (Stephen Matson)
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Subject: Just the Bill of Rights
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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 91 20:48:48 PDT
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 Here is just the Bill of Rights....

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                        U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS


 1st Amendment
 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of 
 religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging 
 the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the 
 people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for 
 a redress of grievances. 

 2nd Amendment
 A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a 
 free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall 
 not be infringed. 
 
 3rd Amendment
 No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, 
 without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a 
 manner to be prescribed by law. 

 4th Amendment
 The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, 
 papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, 
 shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, but upon 
 probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and 
 particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons 
 or things to be seized. 

 5th Amendment
 No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise 
 infamous, crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand 
 jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in 
 the militia, when in actual service, in time of war, or public 
 danger; nor shall any person be subject, for the same offense, to 
 be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled, 
 in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be 
 deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of 
 law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without 
 just compensation. 

 6th Amendment
 In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right 
 to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state 
 and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which 
 district shall have been previously ascertained by law; and to be 
 informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be 
 confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory 
 process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the 
 assistance of counsel for his defense. 

 7th Amendment
 In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall 
 exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be 
 preserved; and no fact, tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-
 examined in any court of the United States than according to the 
 rules of the common law. 

 8th Amendment
 Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines 
 imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. 


 9th Amendment
 The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not 
 be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. 

 10th Amendment
 The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
 nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states
 respectively, or to the people.


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            THE BILL OF RIGHTS --- Void where prohibited by law

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