All 27 Amendments

First Ammendment

Right to Free speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly.

2nd Ammendment

Right to bear arms

3rd Ammendment

Citizens don’t have to house soliders during wartime

4th Ammendment

Right from unreasonable search and seizure

5th Ammendment

No double Jeopardy

No self-incrimination

Due Process Clause (Federal Government)

Just Property Compensation

Grand Juries for serious crimes

6th Ammendment

Speedy and public trial

Impartial Jury

Right to be informed of the accusation

Right to Confront Witnesses

Right to attourney

7th Ammendment

Right to trial by Jury for cases above $20

Jury verdict can’t be overturned by federal judges except by ways consistent with “common law”

8th Ammendment

No excessive bail/fines or cruel/unusual punishments

9th Ammendment

Rights of people not listed in the constitution does not mean they aren’t protected, such as the right to privacy.

10th Ammendment

Rights not expressly given to the Federal Government, are given to people and the states.

11th Amendment

People cannot sue states they aren’t citizens of, including foreign countries

12th Ammendment

Outlines requirements and process of becoming president

13th Ammendment

Abolition of slavery

14th Ammendment

Equal Protection Clause

Citizenship Clause (All born in U.S.A are citizens)

Priviliges Clause (State can’t infringe on rights)

Due Process Clause (States)

15th Ammendment

Right to vote not restricted by race or being an ex-slave.

16th Ammendment

Congress can directly levy taxes, without regard for a state’s population

17th Ammendment

Describes process for electing senators

Direct election of senators by the people, instead of state legislatures like before.

Vacancy Filling

18th Ammendment

Prohibition (alchohol bye bye :( )

19th Ammendment

Right to vote not restricted by gender

20th Ammendment

Describes what date president terms start/end

21st Ammendment

Repealed 18th Ammendment (Yay alchohol :) )

22nd Ammendment

No more than 2 terms (4 years each) for president

And, if one serves two years or less of a previous president’s term, they still can get elected twice more. More than two, and only one.

23rd Ammendment

District of Columbia (Washington D.C) can get electors for preidential elections, but no more than the least populus state

24th Ammendment

People can vote, regardless of failure to pay poll taxes or other taxes

25th Ammendment

Vice president becomes president when president dies

26th Ammendment

18 year old voting age

27th Ammendment

Salary Changes in congress don’t take effect until next election of representatives