Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. The Supreme Court has recognized that the Due Process Clause subsumes a constitutionally protected right to refuse medical care.You can even take this booklet with you into the voting booth, if you wish. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Amendment ID: S2996-14. The Fifth Amendment, however, applies only against the federal government. 6.4 Civil War Amendments (Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments). The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Amendment IX (1791).