Why Is The Sixth Amendment Important

United States of America is the country in the world that most protect its citizen’s rights. Those rights are protected by the strongest and most important document in the U.S., which is the constitution. The constitution was written in the constitutional convention, which occurred on May 25 to September 17, 1787. When was finally signed. The idea behind of the constitutional convention was to rewrite the articles of confederation, but they realize that for create a new country they should start from scratch.
After the constitution was done, the writers noted that it was giving too much power to the government. To balance the government power and give more rights to the people, they decide to include ten first amendments to the constitution, those amendments were written to
provide and secure the natural rights of the American people. It is call Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights has ten amendments that are: First Amendment is the freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition. Second Amendment, is the right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well-regulated militia. Third Amendment is the prohibition of quartering the soldiers. Fourth Amendment is the freedom from seizures and unreasonable searches.
Fifth Amendment is the right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and double jeopardy. Sixth Amendment is the right to a public trial. Seventh amendment is the right to trial by jury. Eighth amendment is the freedom from cruel and unusual punishments, and excessive bail. Ninth amendment is the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Tenth amendment gives power to the states. Those are the rights that protect and guarantee freedoms and rights to the United States people. Those rights give to all of the people living in the US have the right to speak freely against the governments independently of race, gender, or religion, and what guaranty those rights are the civil liberties, which are basically the basic rights of any person. Those civil rights were achieved after centuries of evolution in slow motion. Some of the most important civil liberties in the chronological order were: 1689, the rights of English were defined, where the English bill of rights gave free of speech to it citizens; 1776, in the US declaration of independence from Britain,
Thomas Jefferson says that the government is there to protect its citizens; 1787, a new democracy is created, where the US constitution limited the power of the congress and the president and do not give much power to the supreme court; 1789, the right of the US citizens are explained, and it is when the bill of rights gives the natural rights to the US citizens; 1803, in Marbury v. Madison, where the supreme court could rule not valid a decision of the congress if it goes against the constitution; 1868, the 14th amendment was ratified and the rights of the US citizens were better designed; 1925, in Gitlow v. New York, It ruled that the states should respect the Bill of Rights in and follow the 14th amendment; 1965; Griswold v. Connecticut, where explained that the 4th, 9th, and 14th amendments should be respected and followed, and the citizens should have the right to privacy.