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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Repealed 18th Ammendment (Yay alchohol :) )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
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