01:790:104 Lecture 3: The Amendments recitation notes

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: 01:790:104
• Professor: Julie Baker

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Congress is not to make any law establishing a religion or abridging speech, press, assembly, or petition freedoms. Ii: the executive branch is not to infringe on the right of people to keep arms. Iii: is not arbitrarily to take houses for militia. Iv: and is not to engage in the search and seizure of evidence without a court warrant swearing to belief in the probably existence of crime. These amendments also impose limits on law-enforcement powers of federal, state, and local executive branches. Vi: (6th) a speedy trial, presentation of charges, and confrontation of hostile witnesses. Vii: (8th) neither bail nor punishment can be excessive. Ix, x (9th and 10th): limits on national government: all rights (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) not enumerated are reserved to the states or the people. Also called the reserved powers amendment because it aims to reserve powers to the state. Xi(11th): limited jurisdiction of federal courts over suits involving (cid:2) the states.