Celebrating our fundamental freedoms
with bite-size poetry
Bill of Rights Day is December 11. Unedited, uncensored, Reader discretion advised. Scroll down to see 2013's entries! Looking for 2012ʻs entries? Check 2012 out here. Looking for 2011's entries? Check 2011 out here.1st Amendment: Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition
I can call you an asshole
And not lose freedom - Latka Boo, Rupert Murdoch! Uniformity of news Makes the public dumb - Bon Journo
2nd Amendment: Sovereign state, the right to keep and bear arms
3rd Amendment: Protection from quartering of troops
4th Amendment: Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
5th Amendment: Due process, double jeopardy, self incrimination, eminent domain.
6th Amendment: Trial by jury & rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel
USA autopilot drones are nasty biz - Sam Django
7th Amendment: Civil trial by jury
8th Amendment: Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel & unusual punishment
9th Amendment: Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution
10th Amendment: Powers of States and people
13th Amendment: Abolishing slavery
14th Amendment: Due process, equal protection, birthright citizenship
15th Amendment: The equal right to vote regardless of race
19th Amendment: No sex discrimination in the voting booth
24th Amendment: Prohibition of poll taxes
General Bill of Rights Topic/Tributes & Non-Haiku poems: