Unbiased University: Everything You Need to Know About the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Amendments to the United States Constitution

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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UNBIASED University is in session! While Jordan is on maternity leave, she’s breaking down the most critical aspects of the United States government — the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the three branches of the federal government, presidential elections, the evolution of political parties, and more. In this episode of UNBIASED Politics, we continue the UNBIASED University series by examining the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These amendments focus on the rights of individuals within the legal system and the balance of power between the federal government, the states, and the people. What protections exist in civil trials, what limits does the Constitution place on punishments, and how does the Constitution address rights that are not specifically listed? We break down the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases, the prohibition against excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishment, the recognition that unenumerated rights may still exist, and the principle that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people. This episode provides a clear, nonpartisan overview of how these often less-discussed amendments continue to shape constitutional law and federalism today. Intro (0:00) 7th Amendment (3:48) 8th Amendment (11:37) 9th Amendment (~28:41) 10th Amendment (~35:33) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. ⁠Watch⁠ this episode on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome back to unbiased your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis
0:35.8	welcome back to unbiased politics and to the Unbiased University series.
0:42.0	Today we are talking about amendments 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Bill of Rights, which will wrap
0:47.7	up our Bill of Rights discussion.
0:50.4	While I'm on maternity leave, I want you to think of this unbiased university series as a condensed law school education.
0:57.1	I want you to imagine that every time you're tuning into one of these episodes, you are sitting down in a 30 to 45 minute law school class, sometimes a little bit longer, depending on, you know, the topic at hand.
1:07.6	And in each class, we cover a different topic and we talk about various cases and laws that
1:12.2	have shaped those topics. If you've ever wanted to go to law school or you've ever considered
1:16.7	going to law school, you will love this series, hopefully, or maybe you realize that law school's
1:22.3	not for you, right? By the end of unbiased university, you will have obtained your imaginary
1:27.3	degree from unbiased university, you will have obtained your imaginary degree from unbiased
1:28.5	university, which means you will be fully prepared for the show when I come back from maternity
1:34.6	leave and get back for reporting on current events. Because all of these concepts that we are
1:38.8	talking about in each of these episodes, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the three branches of government,
1:45.3	the Supreme Court, presidential elections, et cetera, et cetera, they're all in the background of
1:49.8	every single current event that we talk about. So it's really important that we understand these
1:54.2	concepts. Now, although I am on maternity leave just as a reminder, if you are still interested
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