The bill of rights refers to the first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States. It was added to the constitution after it had been ratified. It gives the people personal freedoms and rights, along with establishing powers not given by the constitution which are then reserved for the states or the people.
Bills that affect privacy:
• First amendment – no law will be made respecting an establishment of religion (privacy of beliefs)
• Third amendment – Quartering any soldier, without owner’s consent (home privacy)
• Fourth Amendment – Right of people to be secured in their persons, houses, paper, and effects against unreasonable searches (privacy against unreasonable searches)
• Fifth Amendment – Protects against self incrimination (privacy of my person)
• Ninth Amendment - “declares that there are additional fundamental rights that exist outside the Constitution” (United States Bill of Rights, 2017) (Vague, but could be used to state the protection of someone’s privacy)
Bills that do not affect privacy
• Second Amendment – Right to bear arms
• Sixth Amendment – Rights of the defendant in a criminal trial
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For example, the first amendment states we all have a right of privacy towards our beliefs. The third amendment is another perfect example; it states that soldiers cannot come into someone’s house without an owner’s right or with the law’s permission. This means that my house is considered private. The fourth amendment deduces a privacy of one’s person by not allowing self-incrimination in a criminal prosecution. Finally, the ninth amendment seems to declare a possible view of privacy by declaring that there could be “additional fundamental rights” not covered in the initial amendments which could be used by the people: like the right of privacy, which could be used in a court of law under certain