Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-16 | Page 63 | Preamble of Constitution of the United States

PREAMBLE OF CONSTITUTION! OF THE UNITED STATES j WE, THE PEOPLE of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common com-mon defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. THE BILL OF EIGHTS ARTICLE I FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND SPEECH; RIGHT OF. ASSEMBLY Congress shall make uo law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting pro-hibiting the tree exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition tha 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 bv law. ARTICLE IV RIGHT OF SEARCH PROHIBITED The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches aud seizures, shall not be violated, and uo warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, affirma-tion, and particularly describing the place to bo searched and the persons or things to be seized. ; ARTICLE V RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY Xo person shall be heM to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arisiug in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war' and public danger; nor shall any person bo subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, libert3r, or property, prop-erty, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. ! y ARTICLE VI RIGHTS OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL CASES In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall eujoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; accusa-tion; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process proc-ess for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. i ... ' ARTICLE VII SUITS AT COMMON LAW In suits at common law, wSere the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be ptherwise re-examined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of common law. ARTICLE VIII BAIL AND FINES Excessivebail shall not.be required, nor. excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. ' ARTICLE IX ' . MODIFICATION OF ENUMERATED RIGHTS The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. ARTICLE X POWERS RESERVED TO STATES AND THE PEOPLE The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively,