The Bill of Rights exists in many different countries today in many different forms to protect the people within the nation from its own government from unlawful actions that may deprive a person of the necessities that they need to life. Originating from the British's Bill of Rights, which was a bill that was proposed and passed by Parliament in 1689 to protect the basic rights of the people. To effectively have the Bill of Rights into play it must be constantly be enforced by the government that it is trying to restrict.
The idea of the Bill of Rights is very popular with the populace of countries that hold ideals in their governmental law. One major country that uses it is the United States of America in which the United States Bill of Rights shields the population of the country from its own government from Federal to the local level. The United States Bill of Rights was originally a series of amendments brought before the Congress in which ten of the amendments were put into effect in 1791. The First Amendment which states the freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly and the right to petition the government is the most popular amendment that is in effect today.
Though it may have some restrictions like as long as it does not create an imminent threat to the subject and those within the proximity or unless under warfare where special exempts are made, the first amendment is in effect. An example is like shouting the word "fire" as a joke in a crowded area as it can create a widespread panic causing casualties or maybe during wartime some things just should not be said or written. The Second Amendment gives a citizen of the United States of America the right to own guns. The amendment is criticized today by those who promote gun safety because of those who just promote the right to own a firearm have been known to legally abuse this law.
As the law was originally in state for the protection from hostile forces and hunting for necessities, groups such as the NRA use the amendment to be able to own automatic weapons which are mainly used for warfare and not for such measures the amendment was implemented for. The Third Amendment protects the citizens of United States of being forced to house soldiers in their private property in peacetime or even in wartime unless done in a process which is acceptable under the given circumstances. The Fourth Amendment protects the people from unlawful search and seizures in which they cannot be searched without just cause and/or without a warrant, and if there is a warrant, the warrant only allows the items stated within the warrant to be seized within the location the warrant gives permission to search and nothing else unless the item in question is in plain sight and unlawful under the current law. The Fifth Amendment gives the resident due process in which it prevents self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and eminent domain by the government. Where a person cannot convict themselves, be tried for more than once for the same exact crime they are accused of commiting, and have the government unlawfully take away private property owned by a lawful citizen.
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