in your opinion, what is the most important right that prtotects...?

Question

the first 10 amendments.

Answer 1

The Right to a fair trial is an essential right in all countries respecting the rule of law. It is explicitly proclaimed in Article Ten of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution, and Article Six of the European Convention of Human Rights.

Why? Because in the event any of my rights were violated from the first 10 amendments, my right to a fair trial would give me a chance to defend myself.

Answer 2

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are what is commonly known as the Bill of Rights. If anything, all of these are the most essential to preserve. The real problem is what to do when the voting population elects and reelects an administration that considers the Bill of Rights a set of suggestions to be cast aside because said administration finds them inconvenient.

Ultimately, the right to assemble is quite valuable because when elected governments start acting like dictatorships, the people will have to organize and march in much greater numbers than anyone has seen in the last 35 years.

Stand up! Speak out! Authority must always be challenged because that is the only way to keep it from running amok.

Answer 3

All the amendments are important, because they are designed to work together. Take one away, and the rest of them will fall like a house of cards. That's what the 2nd Amendment haters will never understand.

All these amendments have been infringed upon in one way or another -- some are obvious and some are not so obvious. For example, our 5th amendment right against self-incrimination has been eroded by the advent of involuntary drug testing, and the aforementioned 2nd Amendment has got oodles and scads of infringements that are recognized laws on the books in all 50 states. They differ so much that nobody knows what the gun laws are from state to state. Then you've got infringments to illegal search and seizure in the form of searches incident to arrest, and resident attendants being issued pass keys to all the dorm rooms on the block for conducting cleaning inspections when the residents aren't home. I could go on all night here.

But the bottom line is, all the amendments remain in place, because if one goes, they all go. Take one out -- it doesn't matter which one -- and the rest will go with it in short order.

Answer 4

The first ten amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, protects speech, movement, religion, the press and the right to bear arms.

I would say the most important of these is most likely speech, since all other freedoms bear to a certain extent on freedom of speech. Nowhere are we told that freedom of speech means we are privileged to engage in slander, aggressive speech or falsehoods, but we are not prohibited from speaking by the Constitution.

If our speech offends others that is between us and them.

Answer 5

History suggests the cornerstone of protecting liberty of a free society is to allow for the formation of citizen soldiers. 2nd Amendment. How was Hitler able to round up all the German Jews without any resistance? They were disarmed first. What did Mao Tse Tung do immediately after the revolution? Confiscated all weapons from the people. What did the Bolsheviks do after their coupe? Confiscated all the firearms. Why did King George send 50,000 regular English troops to the colonies, to collect taxes? No, to raid and take our magazine storehouses and muskets from citizens. Remember this clearly, any politician who advocates the confiscation of a citizens firearm is out to enslave the people to his/her own will.

The best way to read about it is in "The Federalist Papers." Written by the founders.

Answer 6

2nd amendment. Without that all the other rights can be taken away. Just look at every dictatorship, the first thing they take away are guns to keep people from rebelling, and then everything else gets taken away.

Answer 7

YOUR BILL OF RIGHTS THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS ALSO THE 14TH AMENDMENT AS THE PROTECTION OF DUE PROCESS--ARBITRARY DENIAL OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY BY THE NATIONAL OR STATE GOVERNMENTS

Answer 8

The 1st one. Without freedom of speech and of the press - all other rights are easily witheld.

Chsel - actually the first thing dictators usually try to control is the media. Many undemocratic countries have guns everywhere. It is the inability to communicate and garner support that prevents uprisings - not a lack of shotguns.

Answer 9

The First amendment. If you don't protest, they will take them away.

Answer 10

The freedom of speech. Because without it we probably wouldn't be able to do this.