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Sentry18

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I like it. Plain and simple English. This should be hung on the walls of every public building in America.

I am not going to put it in "quotes" because I want it to be easy to read and full size, but every word posted after the link is from the link and credited to the author.



https://www.texaspolicy.com/25-things-the-bill-of-rights-says-the-government-cannot-do/


Amendment I

1. The government cannot make you believe in a religion.

2. The government cannot keep you from practicing any religion you choose.

3. The government cannot keep you from saying what you wish.

4. The government cannot keep you from writing what you want.

5. The government cannot stop you from publishing what you want.

6. The government cannot keep you from joining together peacefully with others to express your views.

7. The government cannot prevent you from complaining about what the government or others are doing to you.


Amendment II

8. The government cannot take away your right to own and keep guns.


Amendment III

9. The government cannot make you let soldiers live in your house unless the country comes under attack and Congress specifically authorizes it.


Amendment IV

10. The government cannot come into your home unless it has legal permission from a judge.


Amendment V

11. The government cannot hold you in jail for a major crime without the knowledge and approval of your fellow citizens.

12. The government cannot try a person twice for the same crime.

13. The government cannot make you incriminate yourself.

14. The government cannot take away your life, liberty, or property without following the law.

15. The government cannot take your private property from you for public use unless it pays to you what your property is worth.


Amendment VI

16. The government cannot hold you in jail for a long time without a trial if you are accused of having broken the law.

17. The government cannot deny to you a speedy trial with a jury of your fellow citizens.

18. The government cannot keep secret from you those who will speak against you.

19. The government cannot prevent you from having your personal attorney.

20. The government cannot keep you from having other people help you defend yourself in a courtroom.


Amendment VII


21. The government cannot keep you from having a trial decided by your fellow citizens in civil disputes and the fact-finding by the jury in those trials cannot be overturned by other courts.


Amendment VIII

22. The government cannot make people pay an unfairly high amount of money for bail while they wait for a judge or jury to hear their case.

23. The government cannot punish you for a crime in a cruel and unusual way.


Amendment IX

24. The government cannot limit your rights to just those listed in the Bill of Rights.


Amendment X

25. The government cannot claim to possess more power and authority than what the Constitution permits, and all other powers not listed in the Constitution belong to the states or individuals.
 
Seems they forgot and never knew most of the above.
Term limits should be an amendment. Otherwise it is just a band of thieves ruling over the people.
I'd like to know how somebody goes into office middle income and in just a couple years of mid income pay comes out millionaires and billionaires.:dunno:
 
The explication of the 1st amendment is over-simplified. For instance, libel and defamation of character are actionable under civil law.
 
After about 30 minutes ago I know that the gov can do anythign they damn well please or you won't survive.
I will accept their rules and their gadgets that spy, can burn down our home and put out dirty electricity or I can leave my home!
We really don't have any rights except the ones they allow us to have. And those are fast becoming extentc too.
I'm too upset right nwo to say much though.
 
Meerkat, We have all the rights we are willing to keep. We may have to fight for them but our rights come from us.
 
Meerkat, We have all the rights we are willing to keep. We may have to fight for them but our rights come from us.

This too is true,but we do elect those who are to represent us but they lie. I think the time for pitch forks and torches has past,don't you?
They now have all kinds of drones, cameras and foreign armies to help them. They train for it aka marchall law in plain site and the dumb schmuck Americans clap them on.o_O
 
Guns I have and guns I can make. Explosives are easy, chemicals are easy, and there are many other weapons.
Remember, your mind is the strongest and most powerful weapon of all.
You do realize the the American public has more arms than the two largest armies in the world combined. We also have the largest amateur rocketry program in the world.
About the only tool we don't have is a nuclear arsenal but that isn't going to be used on a population that they need.
 
For instance, libel and defamation of character are actionable under civil law.

Correct, but you're still free to speak it. The 1A unfortunately doesn't lay out the consequences, lol.
 
I can't remember which of the founding fathers said it but the line was; "You can say whatever you wish, as long as you are willing to pay the consequences." or something close to that.
 
Meerkat, your avatar is cute as can be. I watched the process to pick it out.
(it does remind me of rock chucks but it is thin and more expressive)
(I have been known to shoot chucks... but they were very destructive animals) ;)
 
Meerkat, your avatar is cute as can be. I watched the process to pick it out.
(it does remind me of rock chucks but it is thin and more expressive)
(I have been known to shoot chucks... but they were very destructive animals) ;)

Thank you SheepD. I know I'm a silly old lady but I think they act so cute in the wild. And like you said expressive.
 
I love having a bill of rights although I prefer yours to the Canadian Charter of Rights. The problem is that to my knowledge none of them is accompanied by a Bill or Charter of Responsibilities. I remember talking with one of the framers of the Canadian charter and not having that accompanying document was a huge mistake in his mind
 

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