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U.S. GOVERNMENT > Introduction to the U.S. System > Guiding Principles > Rights of the People: Individual Freedoms and the Bill of Rights

RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
The Roots of Religious Liberty
Chapter 2
Religious Liberty in the Modern Era
Chapter 3
Freedom of Speech
Chapter 4
Freedom of the Press
Chapter 5
The Right to Bear Arms
Chapter 6
Privacy
Chapter 7
Trial by Jury
Chapter 8
Rights of the Accused
Chapter 9
Property Rights
Chapter 10
Cruel or Unusual Punishment
Chapter 11
Equal Protection of the Law
Chapter 12
The Right to Vote
PUBLICATION:
Author—
Melvin Urofsky
Executive Editor—
George Clack
Managing Editor—
Paul Malamud
Art Director/Design—
Thaddeus A. Miksinski, Jr.
Illustrator—
Richard Anderson
Web Art Director—
Min-Chih Yao
 
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The Right to Bear Arms
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.
— Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

 

(The accompanying essay is under review.)

 

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