Second Amendment Protects the right to bear arms (guns).
Fourth Amendment Protects individuals’ homes, persons, and belongings from unreasonable search and seizure.
Eighth Amendment Protects individuals from the government enforcing excessive bails or fines, or from inflicting cruel and unusual punishment.
rule of law The principle that government is based on a body of law applied equally and fairly to every citizen, not on the whims of those in charge, and that no one is above the law—including the government.