Reaction Paper Exam 1

The Bill of rights

The Bill of Rights are rights protected against the government only. They are certain basic rights of the people. They are civil rights and civil liberties that people have to obey because of the Amendments that were introduced by James Madison which makes The Bill of Rights very important and is part of American history. The Amendments are basically clauses that initiate some kind of protection for citizens here in the United States. James Madison became one of the leaders in the movement to ratify it. James Madison also became the leader in the new House of
Representatives drafting many basic laws. He is called the “Father of the Bill of Rights” by writing the constitution Bill of Rights because he claimed that he had to help out the people. The Bill of Right plays a key role in the American law and government and remains vital symbols of the freedoms and culture of the nation. It was also writing for the personal freedoms limited the government power in judicial and other and some power to the states and the public.
The Bill of Rights is an essential tool used by the justice and security system and plays in the fourteenth amendment it was a role in these system. The Due Process was found in the Bill of
Rights in the fourteenth amendment. The Due Process Law was actually back in the 1700’s and it included among the restrictions on power to which King John acceded in the Magna Carta. It is also said that “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor it will proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.” And over the centuries that phrase the law of the land over the centuries, that phrase
“the law of the land” gradually evolved into the phrase “due process of law,” the same phrase our
American ancestors insisted be made part of the Constitution through the adoption of the Fifth
Amendment.
The Bill of Rights was a necessary step to encourage them to accept the new constitution. By doing things new constitution it will be a good thing to do a change and a support of the government. The Bill of Right are the 10 amendments in the United States Constitution. It was called the Bill of Rights because these amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791. The
Citizens are protected by the Bill of Rights in terms of the Amendments to the Bill of Rights including the First Amendment is an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech. One of the examples of the First Amendment is like if you are in a crowded theater or mall and yell “Fire in the building” you could put people in danger. It’s having the right of freedom of speech. The Fourth Amendment provides safeguards to individuals during searches and detentions, and prevents unlawfully seized items from being used as evidence in criminal cases. It’s a law enforcement officer’s physical apprehension or seizure of a person that is stop or arrest by the police. Some examples are vehicle, house and place of business. The Fifth Amendment Grands Juries, double jeopardy and the protection of private property. A clause of the Amendment gives rise to the right against self- incrimination and the right to due process under the law. Also no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself or be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law. The Sixth Amendment is part of the United States bill of right. The right to a speedy trial, impartial jury, and the right to counsel the Fourteenth Amendment every citizen born in the United States is a United States citizen and every person is protected by the laws and has the right to protection under these laws. The Seventh Amendment are rights to a speedy trial witnesses. It means to have the right to a speedy and public trial and 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. The Eighth
Amendment initiates excessive bail cruel punishment and shall not be required nor excessive fines imposed. The Ninth Amendment is a rule of construction of constitution: the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. The Tenth Amendment are rights of the states under the constitution and the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution or the prohibited by it to the
States, and are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.