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Your rights in 10 minutes

The five protections people use most, in plain English.

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1. 1Speak, believe, protestThe five freedoms in one sentence.First Amendment: Religion, speech, press, protest · 1 min
2. 2Searches and warrantsWhen police can search you, your car, or your phone.Fourth Amendment: Search and seizure · 1 min
3. 3The right to stay silentYou cannot be forced to testify against yourself.Fifth Amendment: Silence, fair process, property · 2 min
4. 4A fair trialA lawyer, a jury, and a speedy, public trial.Sixth Amendment: Rights at a criminal trial · 1 min
5. 5Equal protection and citizenshipApplies most rights to states and defines who is a citizen.Fourteenth Amendment: Citizenship and equal protection · 2 min