The Importance Of The First Ten Amendments In The Bill Of Rights

The United States Government always tries to uphold all of the liberties that are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, but sometimes they don’t uphold each liberty like they are suppose to in order to protect the country. The first ten amendments that The Founders wrote help keep an American citizen safe whether it was from an oppressive government or a newfound terrorists group. In the name of national security the sixth amendment and eighth amendments sometimes have to be compromised.
The sixth amendment is the right to a speedy trial by jury and judge. This means that an innocent, until proven guilty, person can not wait in jail forever to get there fair trial. This has happened many times since the Bill of Rights especially with the creation of many terrorist groups. Since 9/11 two of the most famous terrorists are Isis and Al Qaeda. These groups have been a massive threat to our national security and with this comes the need to compromise the sixth amendment.

Since 9/11 and with the development of Isis the sixth amendment has become less important for certain people.

In Cuba the US has a military base called Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay is a prison where the worst convicts of terrorism against the U.S are imprisoned. At this base many of our constitutional rights can be forgotten as well as certain amendments in the Bill of Rights. These certain liberties can be forgotten because the people that are in the prison have caused a threat to the national security of our country. Terrorists groups such as Al Qaeda and Isis do not deserve and therefore are not given the liberties of an American citizen because they have tried to hurt our great nation. At the base they do not get to have a speedy trial by judge and jury, but rather they have to endure the pain of being psychologically and physically

abused.
The terrorists have to endure some of the most excruciating torture techniques that U.S. has thought up and this breaks the eighth amendment. The eighth amendment states that you can not be cruelly or unusually punished, but this is exactly what happens to the prisoners at the base. In the name of national security this needs to take place. The prisoners at Guantanamo bay have information that can help save American citizens from future attacks. If the American public can be saved, but it comes at the price of waterboarding a terrorists then this is the price that we have to pay. If an attack such as 9/11 can be prevented then we must do anything in our power to stop these rights. The 8th amendment may say that we should not cruelly punish people, but if we have the ability to save thousands of lives then why would we put it on the back burner?
On September 11, 2001 a tragic event occurred and the United States lost almost three thousand lives. This was the trigger that started these painful and cruel punishments and these people deserve it. Most prisoners held in Guantanamo don’t lose their life, but the are apart of organizations that have caused American citizens to lose theirs. These people are a threat to our national security and they need to be stopped at all ways possible and if that means they don’t get a trial or have to go through extremely painful endeavours; then that needs to happen so that we know our country is safe.
American citizens need to feel safe in their own country and to do this that may mean that the United States government has to take away certain liberties to some individuals. The 6th and 8th amendments are some of these liberties that may need to be taken away from terrorist and potential threats to our country.