DE GOV | Constiution

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1st Amendment

Freedom of Speech

2nd Amendment

RIght to bear arms

3rd Amendment

No quartering soldiers

4th Amendment

Protects from unreasonable searches and arrests without a warrant

5th Amendment

Protection against self-incrimination, and Double Jeopardy (Plead the 5th)

6th Amendment

Right to a fair and speedy trial

7th Amendment

Guarantees a jury trial during civil cases

8th Amendment

No cruel and unusual punishmnet

9th Amendment

Protects unenumerated rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

10th Amendment

Any power not specifically given to the federal government is reserved for the states

11th Amendment

Limits who and when a state can be sued

12th Amendment

President and Vice President are elected together

13th Amendment

Abolishes slavery

14th Amendment

Grants African Americans citizenship, and equal protection under law

15th Amendment

Prohibits denying a vote based on race/color

16th Amendment

Allows Congress to impose an income tax

17th Amendment

Direct election of US Senators by state

18th Amendment

Prohibition

19th Amendment

Women’s Suffrage

20th Amendment

Set the official start and end times for presidential terms

21st Amendment

Repeals prohibition

22nd Amendment

Limits presidential terms to two terms max

23rd Amendment

Allows Washington DC to vote in elections

24th Amendment

Prohibits poll taxes on federal elections

25th Amendment

Establishes the presidential succession in case something happens to the president

26th Amendment

Lowers the voting age from 21 to 18

27th Amendment

Limits congressional pay rises until after the next election

Article 1 of the Constitution

Establishes the Legislative Branch

Article 2 of the Constitution

Establishes the Executive Branch

Article 3 of the Constitution

Establishes the Judicial Branch

Article 4

Outlines the relationship between each state and the federal gov’t

Article 5

Describes the process for amending the Constitution

Article 6

Establishes that the Constitution is the Supreme law of the land

Article 7 of the Constitution

Address the ratification of amendments to the Constitution

Most common amendment proposal method

two thirds supermajority vote in both houses of Congress

Amendment proposal method that has never been used

a national constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures

Most common way of ratifying a constitutional amendment

Approval of ¾ of the state legislature

Less common way for ratifying a constitutional Amendment

Approval of conventions in ¾ of the states