Essay On The Importance Of Obeying Constitutional Rights

One day, you find yourself taking a stroll down the busy streets, being an average citizen of the United states, just like everyone else. You have duties and responsibilities to tend to in order help the community, just like the great person you are. It is election day today, and you have already voted for who you think would run this country smoothly, but you have also been called up for jury duty soon. You stop to think as to why you do all these things in the first place, though. What other purpose is there to obeying the laws, serving on juries, and voting in elections? Sure, there are many that you know of, but protecting your constitutional rights is just as important than all of them!

Let’s begin with how obeying the laws could possibly protect your Constitutional rights. Obeying the law is an obligation, and you get punished for not doing so. These punishments, of course, take away (some of) your Constitutional rights (for an amount of time). You may be imprisoned, and this would mean you wouldn't be free or able to pursue happiness. You could have your things taken away, and this means you no longer have property. The worst of all, however, would be a death penalty (if those are even around anymore), and result with life taken away

According to Amendment VI, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed...” Now, to break that all down, this all means that everyone has the right to a fair trial by an impartial duty, and who are you? You guessed it, the impartial jury. And what is Amendment VI? Yup, a Constitutional right. In this case, you are not only helping protect the accused’s Constitutional right, but yours as well! How, you may ask? Well, what if you were to be the accused one? You would have a right to a fair trial by an impartial