Characteristics

1st Amendment -Freedom of speech, press, petition, press, & assembly.

2nd Amendment -Right to bear arms.

3rd Amendment -No quartering of troops.

4th Amendment -No illegal search and seizure.

5th Amendment -Right to due process, grand jury, no double jeopardy, no self-incrimination, & eminent domain.

6th Amendment -Guarantees a speedy, public, impartial trial by jury.

7th Amendment -Right to a trial by jury in a civil case over $20

8th Amendment -No cruel and unusual punishment.

9th Amendment -Unenumerated rights not necessarily written out in the Constitution.

10th Amendment -Rights reserved to the states.