A Re-Write of the Bill of Rights

Today is the 219th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. With that in mind, here's a re-write of those Amendments, in modern English. Perhaps our representatives (ahem!) should read it.

Excerpt:

Article I…………………… Congress is expressly denied the power to enact any 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.


Article II…………………… Because a well regulated Militia is necessary to the security of a free State, the federal government is expressly denied the power to infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.


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Article IV…………………… The federal government is expressly denied the power to infringe on the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures, and the federal government is expressly denied the power to issue Warrants, 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.


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Article VIII…………………… The federal government is expressly denied the power to impose excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.


Article IX…………………… The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to grant the federal government the power to deny or disparage others retained by the people.


Article X…………………… The powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


found at The Tenth Amendment Center