12 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

ARTICLES IN ADDITION To, AND AMENDMENT OF, THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROPOSED BY CONGRESS, AND RATI-
FIED BY THE LEGISLATURES OF THE SEVERAL STATES, PURSUANT TO THE
FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I. 1

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 peti-
tion the Government for a 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 Militia, 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 criminal 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

1 The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States were proposed
to the legislatures of the several States by the First Congress, on the 25th of September,
1789. They were ratified by the following States, and the notifications of ratification
by the governors thereof were successively communicated by the President to Congress:
New Jersey, November 20, 1789; Maryland, December 19, 1789; North Carolina, Decem-
ber 22, 1789; South Carolina, January 19, 1790; New Hampshire, January 25, 1790;
Delaware, January 28, 1790; Pennsylvania, March 10, 1790; New York, March 27, 1790;
Rhode Island, June 15, 1790; Vermont, November 3, 1791, and Virginia, December 15,
1791. There is no evidence on the journals of Congress that the legislatures of Connecti-
cut, Georgia and Massachusetts ratified them.