2.13: How does the Constitution help me?
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This article is from the Lawful Arrest/Search/Seizure FAQ, by Ahimsa Dhamapada ahimsa@mu.clarityconnect.net with numerous contributions by others.
2.13: How does the Constitution help me?
The Constitution won't help you. You must study and learn the
Constitution in order to help yourself. It isn't easy. But
you may learn that at the core, the law is really on the side
of We the People.
Here is a brief guide to the Bill of Rights:
o First: Appeal = petition for redress
o Fifth: Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy/One crime is not many,
no forced confession / self testomomy, due process, improper property
confiscation
o Sixth: for serious crimes: speedy trial, impartial jury
from same district, informed of accusation and cause of action, be
confronted by accusators and be able to call defensive
witnesses, assistance of Counsel
o Seventh: common law suits: right to trial by jury, no retrial
except under common law rules ...etc...
o Eighth: No Excessive bail, excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
o Fourteenth: problems w/14th: new class of citizen, not properly ratified, only partially
restates 5th as applying to states, etc.
talks of "privileges and immunities" and not rights
good things: seems to say the constitution applies to states
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