1397 Obama - Bill of Rights VII

On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Amendment 7

• In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

1398 Obama - Debt

On January 20 Mr. Obama will inherit $10.65 trillion US debt.

• The U.S. debt is 10.6 trillion dollars. A $1,000 dollar stack of 1$ bills is 4 1/3 inches high. Start stacking the U.S. debt in 1$ bills, you could start on the moon, stack 'em to the earth, keep stacking back to the moon then stack back to earth, then stack em from Denver, Colorado to Sydney, Australia and you'd still have $20 billion chump change left over. Of course, you might need the 20 billion cause if you stacked 'em at the rate of $1,000 per second, it would still take you 337 years.
  

1398 Obama - Bill of Rights VIII

On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Amendment 8

• Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

1399 Obama - Bill of Rights IX

On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Amendment 9

• The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construedto deny or disparage others retained by the people.

1400 Obama - Bill of Rights X

On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Amendment 10

• The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, norprohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or tothe people.

1401 Obama - Bill of Rights

On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

In the United States, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. The Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, the freedom of assembly, the freedom to petition, and freedom of the press. It also prohibits unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment, and compelled self-incrimination. The Bill of Rights also prohibits Congress from making any law respecting establishment of religion and prohibits the federal government from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. In federal criminal cases, it requires indictment by grand jury for any capital or "infamous crime", guarantees a speedy public trial with an impartial jury composed of members of the state or judicial district in which the crime occurred, and prohibits double jeopardy. In addition, the Bill of Rights states that "the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people," and reserves all powers not granted to the federal government to the citizenry or States. Most of these restrictions were later applied to the states by a series of decisions applying the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1868, after the American Civil War.