Alphabetical Original First Amendment 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition Second Amendment Right to bear arms (to protect the people against a government that becomes too powerful) Third Amendment No quartering of soldiers Fourth Amendment No unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant; right to privacy Fifth Amendment Due process, eminent domain, no double jeopardy, right to remain silent (you cant be forced to testify against yourself) and the right to be tried by a grand jury for a capital offense Sixth Amendment Right to a speedy trial Seventh Amendment Right to a trial by a jury of your peers; no lawsuits under $20 Eighth Amendment No cruel and unusual punishment Ninth Amendment Any rights not explicitly listed are automatically given to the people. (Meant to appease the Anti-Federalists) Tenth Amendment Any powers not explicitly listed are automatically given to the states. Eleventh Amendment When states sue other states, it automatically goes before the Supreme Court. Residents of one state cannot sue another state. Another country cant sue the US and vice verse. Twelfth Amendment Creates a ticket for the presidency where the president and VP are elected together. Thirteenth Amendment Abolishes slavery and gives congress the power to enforce abolition through legislation. Fourteenth Amendment Defines citizens as people born in the US and prohibits the states from denying due process and equal protection under the law. Also states that the value of the debt must always be paid and honored, and cannot be questioned. Also excludes women from voting. Fifteenth Amendment Voting rights will not be based on race. Sixteenth Amendment Establishes an income tax Seventeenth Amendment Direct election of senators Eighteenth Amendment Prohibition Nineteenth Amendment Womens suffrage Twentieth Amendment Shortens the lame duck period by moving the presidential inauguration from March to January. Twenty-First Amendment Ends prohibition by repealing the 18th amendment Twenty-Second Amendment Limits the president to two terms in office Twenty-Third Amendment Washington DC is not a state, but gets 3 electoral votes. Twenty-Fourth Amendment Outlaws poll taxes Twenty-Fifth Amendment Outlines the direct line of succession for the presidency Twenty-Sixth Amendment Lowers the voting age to 18 Twenty-Seventh Amendment Congress cant give itself a pay raise.
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