Amendments to the Constitution
ARTICLES in addition to or amending the Constitution, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several States in accordance with the fifth article of the original Constitution. They relate largely to individual rights and are as follows:
ARTICLE I
FREEDOM OF RELIGION, OF SPEECH, OF THE PRESS, AND OF PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
ARTICLE II
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
ARTICLE III
QUARTERING OF TROOPS
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE IV
RIGHT OF SEARCH
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches
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