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AMENDMENT 6 - CRIMINAL CASES AND RIGHTS OF ACCUSED PERSONS

Amendment 6 to the U.S. Constitution

Short summary -- Criminal cases and rights of accused persons 

Actual text of Amendment 6: 

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy 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; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

AMENDMENT 7 - COMMON LAW AND TRIAL BY JURY IN CIVIL CASES

Amendment 7 to the U.S. Constitution

Short summary -- Common law and trial by jury in civil cases 

Actual text of Amendment 7: 

In Suits at common law, where 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 otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

AMENDMENT 8 - BAIL, EXCESSIVE FINES, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

Amendment 8 to the U.S. Constitution

Short summary -- Bail, excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment 

Actual text of Amendment 8: 

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

AMENDMENT 9 - OTHER RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE

Amendment 9 to the U.S. Constitution

Short summary -- Other rights of the people 

Actual text of Amendment 9: 

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

AMENDMENT 10 - POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES

Amendment 10 to the U.S. Constitution

Short summary -- Powers reserved to the states 

Actual text of Amendment 10: 

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the peo