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Posted By: Amos
29-Oct-01 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: Computer Privacy Under the USA ACT
Subject: RE: BS: Computer Privacy Under the USA ACT
The Bill of Rights comprises Amendments I to X as shown below to the original Constitution.  I include Amendments XI  through XV for interest.

A.

Amendment 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 a redress of grievances.

                                      Amendment 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.

                                      Amendment 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.

                                      Amendment 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.

                                      Amendment 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.

                                      Amendment 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 defence.

                                     Amendment 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.

                                     Amendment VIII

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

                                      Amendment IX

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

                                      Amendment X

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 people.

AMENDMENT XI

    Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795.

    Note: Article III, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by amendment 11.

    The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted
    against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
 
 

                                  AMENDMENT XII

    Passed by Congress December 9, 1803. Ratified June 15, 1804.

    Note: A portion of Article II, section 1 of the Constitution was superseded by the 12th amendment.

    The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall
    not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in
    distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and
    of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit
    sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; -- the President of the Senate
    shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; --
    The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole
    number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not
    exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the
    President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a
    quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be
    necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve
    upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or
    other constitutional disability of the President. --]* The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the
    Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then
    from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of
    two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person
    constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

    *Superseded by section 3 of the 20th amendment.
 
 

                                 AMENDMENT XIII

    Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865.

    Note: A portion of Article IV, section 2, of the Constitution was superseded by the 13th amendment.

    Section 1.
    Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall
    exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

    Section 2.
    Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
 
 

                                 AMENDMENT XIV

    Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.

    Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of the 14th amendment.

    Section 1.
    All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of
    the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of
    the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any
    person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

    Section 2.
    Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number
    of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for
    President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or
    the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,* and
    citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of
    representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of
    male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

    Section 3.
    No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or
    military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an
    officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support
    the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the
    enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

    Section 4.
    The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and
    bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State
    shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the
    loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

    Section 5.
    The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

    *Changed by section 1 of the 26th amendment.
 

                                  AMENDMENT XV

    Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870.

    Section 1.
    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of
    race, color, or previous condition of servitude--

    Section 2.
    The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
 

Then, in 1913, they passed the Amendment establishing Income Tax, and things have been going to hell in a handbasket ever since....