Constitutional Law: Protection of Individual Rights: Bill of Rights

• Bill of Rights: The Bill of Rights is comprised of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It acts a limitation on the federal government. It is made applicable to the states through the Due Process Clause of the 14^th Amendment. However there are certain Amendments which do not apply to the states:
• 2nd Amendment right to bear arms
• 5^th Amendment right to grand jury in criminal cases
• 7^th Amendment right to jury trial in civil cases
• 8^th Amendment right against excessive bail.

• 14^th Amendment’s Privileges and Immunities Clause is a dead issue in the law. DO NOT CONFUSE IT with the Article IV privileges and immunities clause. The Bill of Rights is made applicable to the states through the 14^th Amedment’s Due Process Clause, not the 14^th Amendment Privileges and Immunities Clause.
• THIS IS RARELY A RIGHT ANSWER ON THE MBE.