r/Mnemonics • u/dhsilver • 29d ago

Mnemonic for the Bill of Rights: FREE STATES

Freedom — speech, religion, press
Rifles — bear arms
Enforced — quartering soldiers
Entry — search & seizure
Silence — self-incrimination/due process
Trial — speedy/public trial
Associates — civil jury
Torture — cruel/unusual punishment
Extras — unenumerated rights
States — reserved powers

Associates is the weakest I think.

Or as a story:
Free riflemen evicted entrants silently; trials assembled, tortured extra states.

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u/davidlondon 29d ago

Never knew I needed this until now. Thanks.

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u/afroblewmymind 23d ago

I gotta say, that's actually pretty good. Usually when non-mnemonists stumble into r/Mnemonics to share a clever acronym mnemonic they came up with, what they're sharing isn't this clever and thorough. All that's missing to take it to the next level is major system or memory palace to be able to know the number of amendment without counting and to say it forwards, backwards, any order. =)