Question: What rights and liberties are guaranteed within the body of the Constitution?
Answer:
- The right of trial by jury in criminal cases is guaranteed.
- The citizens of each state are entitled to the privileges and immunities of the citizens of every other state.
- Writ of habeas corpus may not be suspended except during invasion or rebellion.
- Neither Congress nor the states can pass a bill of attainder.
- Neither Congress nor the states can pass ex post facto laws.
- No law impairing the obligation of contracts may be passed by states.
- No religious test or qualification for holding federal office is allowed.
- No titles of nobility would be allowed.
Learn more about the US Constitution
- Who is the known as the 'Father of the Constitution'?
- What is the Great Compromise?
- What were the Federalist Papers?
- Who were the chief anti-federalists?
- What was the order for ratification of the Constitution?
- What is the necessary and proper clause?
- What does the Constitution say about slavery?
- What are the Bill of Rights?
- What methods are allowed for amending the Constitution?
- How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?
