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  2. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The amendment as proposed by Congress in 1789 and ratified by the states: 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 ...

  3. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    2.3 Fifth Amendment. 2.4 Sixth Amendment. 2.5 Eighth Amendment. 2.6 Fourteenth Amendment. 2.7 Recurring clauses. 3 Notes. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents.

  4. Due Process Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Court thus interpreted the Fifth Amendment's due process clause to include an equal protection element. In Lawrence v. Texas the Supreme Court added: "Equality of treatment and the due process right to demand respect for conduct protected by the substantive guarantee of liberty are linked in important respects, and a decision on the latter ...

  5. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol.

  6. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled that, with the Fifth Amendment, this amendment requires what has become known as the Miranda warning. [148] The Seventh Amendment (1791) extends the right to a jury trial to federal civil cases, and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact. Although the Seventh Amendment itself says that it is ...

  7. Double Jeopardy Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Amendment, like all the other guaranties in the first eight amendments, applies only to proceedings by the federal government (Barron v. City of Baltimore , 7 Pet. 243), and the double jeopardy therein forbidden is a second prosecution under authority of the federal government after a first trial for the same offense under the same ...

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  9. Category : Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Articles relating to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers regarding both criminal procedure and civil matters. It was ratified, along with nine other articles, in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.