The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments in the United States Constitution. The Bill of Rights were wrote by James Madison and were ratified on December 15, 1791, becoming a part of the Constitution. The First Amendment is freedom of religion, speech, assembly, press and petition. This amendment gives basic freedoms to United States (U.S.) citizens. Everyone should have the freedom to do what they please, pertaining especially to speech and religion, without having to worry about the government has to say. The government should not have any say in who a person believes when it comes to religion. Each person should have a choice in who they follow, not have someone else choose who they believe in. A person is more likely to participate
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The only problem with this amendment is that citizens abuse this right and therefore get in trouble, one way to fix this is to not take away the right, but increase gun control. The Third Amendment does not allow soldiers to be quartered in any house without consent of the owner. I feel this amendment is no longer useful because it has been a while since war has been so bad that soldiers need to take shelter in others homes. The Fourth Amendment is no unreasonable searches and seizures, this amendment is needed so that people can feel secure in their home without the worry of the government coming and searching their house for no reason at all. The Fifth Amendment is the protection of the rights of accused people. Protection for accused people's right’s is important because no one can have their life, liberty, or property taken away except by due process law. The Fifth Amendment is needed because the government cannot punish someone because they want to, they have to have a trial and evidence. The Sixth Amendment is the right to a speedy trial, this is required because it gives criminal defendants the right to a public trial without delay, the right to a lawyer, impartial jury, and who your accusers are, their charges, and evidence against you. The Seventh Amendment states that any charges against someone must exceed twenty dollars and the right of trial shall be preserved. The preservation of the trial and the fee being higher than twenty dollars is significant because if a trial is over, there should be no reason to retry it and anything under twenty dollars is nothing worth fighting about. The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment; this is important because there should not be an unreasonable punishment for a small crime. The Ninth Amendment prevents anything written in the Constitution from canceling amendments
The only problem with this amendment is that citizens abuse this right and therefore get in trouble, one way to fix this is to not take away the right, but increase gun control. The Third Amendment does not allow soldiers to be quartered in any house without consent of the owner. I feel this amendment is no longer useful because it has been a while since war has been so bad that soldiers need to take shelter in others homes. The Fourth Amendment is no unreasonable searches and seizures, this amendment is needed so that people can feel secure in their home without the worry of the government coming and searching their house for no reason at all. The Fifth Amendment is the protection of the rights of accused people. Protection for accused people's right’s is important because no one can have their life, liberty, or property taken away except by due process law. The Fifth Amendment is needed because the government cannot punish someone because they want to, they have to have a trial and evidence. The Sixth Amendment is the right to a speedy trial, this is required because it gives criminal defendants the right to a public trial without delay, the right to a lawyer, impartial jury, and who your accusers are, their charges, and evidence against you. The Seventh Amendment states that any charges against someone must exceed twenty dollars and the right of trial shall be preserved. The preservation of the trial and the fee being higher than twenty dollars is significant because if a trial is over, there should be no reason to retry it and anything under twenty dollars is nothing worth fighting about. The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment; this is important because there should not be an unreasonable punishment for a small crime. The Ninth Amendment prevents anything written in the Constitution from canceling amendments