In this lesson I learned about the rest of the Articles and the Bill of Rights.
Article III (dealing with Judiciary)
- Judicial power of the United States
- No election of judges (Judges appointed by President and approved by Senate, not elected, making the judge practically untouchable unless he commits a truly horrible crime)
- Lifetime appointments (One the judge is appointed, they are in for life, and they are not likely to change their opinions.)
- Congress reserves authority over the Supreme Court (Congress can overturn any law that the Supreme Court says is a law)
- Jury Trials are guaranteed
Article IV (dealing with interstate cooperation)
- Rights of citizens across borders
- Extradition of accused criminals
- Fugitive slave law (Slaves escaping to another state can be returned to owners by owner’s claims)
- Guarantee of republican government in each state
Article V (Amendment procedures)
Article VI
- Continuity of Confederation debt (If you lent money to the Confederation, you would get it back)
- Constitution and treatise: supreme law
- No religious test oaths for federal offices (This secularized federal government, 14th Amendment secularized civil government)
Bill of Rights
- Amendment 1: Congress may not regulate speech, press, assembly, or religion (Originally only a restriction on Congress, not states, until the 14th Amendment)
- Amendment 2: To support the militia, fun ownership may not be prohibited
- Amendment 3: No housing of soldiers in homes
- Amendment 4: Warrants for search and seizure (Does not apply to anything covered by the Patriot Act. No real limitation on what governments can do if issue is terrorism)
- Amendment 5: Grand juries, no double jeopardy, no self-incrimination
- Amendment 6: Speedy trial by jury
- Amendment 7: Trial by jury for common law
- Amendment 8: No excessive bail
- Amendment 9: Retention of unnumerated rights by the people
- Amendment 10: Retention of powers not delegated to the U.S. in the Constitution: states and people
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