| A | B |
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| First Amendment | Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government. |
| Second Amendment | Protects the rights of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms |
| Third Amendment | Restricts quartering of troops in private homes. |
| Fourth amendment | Protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures" |
| Fifth Amendment | Assures the right not to be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." |
| Sixth Amendment | Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury. |
| Seventh Amendment | Assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving common law (the law established by the previous court decisions) |
| Eighth Amendment | Protects against excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment |
| Ninth amendment | Provides that people's rights are not restricted to those specified in the first eight amendments |
| Tenth amendment | Restates the Constiutions principle of federalism providing that powers not granted to the national governement nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and the people. |
