27 Amendments

27 Amendments & Ways to remember them

1

Free Speech, press, religion, and assembly

2- Two bear arms

Right to bear arms

3- Three's a crowd

No quartering of troops in homes

4- Four doors on a car (think the police want to search your car)

No unreasonable searches/seizures

5 (I plead the 5th)

A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against themself

6- Speedy Six

Right to speedy and public trial and right to lawyer and counsel

7- You're lucky (777) to get a trial

Right to trial by jury in civil cases

8- Sideways handcuffs

No excessive bail, fines, cruel/unusual punishment

9- Makes more rights mine

Rights not enumerated retained by people

10- Federal laws are what are writTEN

Powers not delegated to Congress or prohibited to states belong to states or people

11- 1 on 1

No federal cases between state, citizen of other state

12- 1 ballot, 2nd ballot

The electoral college will vote seperately for president and VP rather than together in one ballot

13- Free

Slavery is outlawed!

14-Citizenize

Citizenship to former slaves

15- Vote

Right to vote can't be denied by race

16- Turn 16= job

Congress can levy individual income taxes

17- senators seventeen

Direct election of senators

18- nope 21

Prohibition of liquors (1917)

19- becomes a woman

Right to vote for women (1919)

20- January 20th

Dates for inauguration, Congress's session

21- let's drink!

Repeal of prohibition (1933)

22- 2 terms

Presidential term limits

23- twenty three rhymes with DC

D.C. residents' vote for president

24- no poll tax at the door

Ban on poll taxes

25- if he ain't alive

Appointment of new vice president, presidential incompetence

26- 2 + 6= 8

Right to vote for 18-year olds (1971)

27- the last one ..

Reps cannot set their own pay