Hunh. So I was wondering which was which myself (though I recall that the 4th is the search-and-seizure amendment, and of course you probably recall the contents of the 2nd amendment as another famously controversial one), and so I searched for a copy of the Bill of Rights (http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm).
I hadn't realized that the right of a jury trial was spread over two amendments-- 6 covers the right in the case of criminal prosecution, and includes the right of a speedy and public trial, impartial jury, confronting one's accusers, etc. 7 covers civil law, which creates a right to jury trials for matters where $20 or more is at stake.
3 is the quartering of soldiers. 4, as I mentioned is about reasonable searches and the causes for warrants. 8 is about bail. 9 is "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." which seems like something one can take for granted these days, and 10 about the powers not delegated in the constitution to the Feds or the States belong to the states or the people, respectively.
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Date: 2006-08-19 05:57 am (UTC)I hadn't realized that the right of a jury trial was spread over two amendments-- 6 covers the right in the case of criminal prosecution, and includes the right of a speedy and public trial, impartial jury, confronting one's accusers, etc. 7 covers civil law, which creates a right to jury trials for matters where $20 or more is at stake.
3 is the quartering of soldiers. 4, as I mentioned is about reasonable searches and the causes for warrants. 8 is about bail. 9 is "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." which seems like something one can take for granted these days, and 10 about the powers not delegated in the constitution to the Feds or the States belong to the states or the people, respectively.