IV.  Amerika,  1360  193.  Ver.  St.  v.  Am.

Artiele  VII.
The  ratification  of  the  conventions  of  nine  States,  shall  be  sufficient  for  the

establishment  of  this  Constitution  between  the  States  so  ratifying  the  same.

Done  in  Convention  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  States  present  the
seventeenth  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven
hundred  eigthy  seven,  and  of  the  Independance  of  the  United  States  of  America
the  twelfth.

Articles  in  addition  to,  and  amendments  of,  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  of
America.

Article  I.  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  &amp;  redress  of  grievances.

Article  II.  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.  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.  The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  persons,  houses,  papers
and  effects,  against  unreasonable  searches  and  seizures,  shall  not  be  violated,  and  no
warrants  shall  issue  but  upon  probable  cause,  supported  by  oath  or  affirmation,  and
particularly  describing  the  place  to  be  searched,  and  the  persons  or  things  to  be  seized.

Article  V.  No  person  shall  be  held  to  answer  for  a  capital  or  otherwise  infamous
  crime,  unless  on  a  presentment  or  indictment  of  a  grand  jury,  except  in  cases
arising  in  the  land  or  naval  forces,  or  in  the  militis,  when  in  actual  service  in  time
of  war  or  public  danger;  nor  shall  any  person  be  subject  for  the  same  offence  to  be
twice  put  in  jeopardy  of  life  or  limb;  nor  shall  be  compelled  in  any  criminäl  case
to  be  a  witness  against  himself,  nor  be  deprived  of  life,  liberty,  or  property,
without  due  process  of  law;  nor  shall  private  property  be  taken  for  public  use
without  just  compensation.

Article  VI.  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.

Article  VII.  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  reexamined  in  any  court  of  the  United  States,  than
according  to  the  rules  of  the  common  law.

r  Article  VIII.  Excessive  bail  shall  not  be  required,  nor  excessive  fines  imposed,
nor  cruel  and  unusual  punishments  inflicted.
.;.  Article  IX.  The  enumeration  in  the  Constitution  of  certain  rights,  shall  not
be  construed  to  deny  or  disparage  others  retained  by  the  people.