Amendments

1st

Congress cannot make any laws establishing a religion ro abridging the freedom of religious exercise, speech, assembly, or petition

2nd

The executive branch cannot infringe on the right of people to bear arms

3rd

The executive branch cannot house soldiers in citizens' housese

4th

The executive branch cannot search or seize evidence without a legal warrant from a court of law

5th

The courts cannot hold trials for serious offenses without providing for a grand jury

6th

The courts cannot hold trials for serious offenses without providing for a trial jury

7th

The courts cannot hold trials for serious offenses without providing for a fair trial

8th

The courts cannot hold trials for serious offenses without providing for a legal counsel

9th

The enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution should not be interpreted to mean taht those are the only rights the people have

10th

Any rights not lsited specifically in the Constitution for the national government are reserved to the states or to the people

11th

Limited federal court jurisdiction by barring citizens of one state from suing another state in federal court

12th

Required electors in the Electoral College to vote twice (1 P and 1 VP)

13th

Banned slavery

14th

All people have equal protection and due process before the law & same priveleges & immunities

15th

Right to vote cannot be abridged on basis of race or color

16th

Congress can establish an income tax

17th

Direct election of senators by citizens

18th

Banned manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor (repealed)

19th

Right to vote could not be abridged on basis of sex

20th

Set date for convening of Congress and inauguration of president

21st

Repealed ban on manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor

22nd

2 term limit for president

23rd

Defined how the District of Columbia would be represented in the Electoral College

24th

Outlawed use of poll tax that prevented the poor from voting

25th

Established procedure for presidential succession in case of death or disability & procdedure for VP succession in case of vacancy

26th

Lowered voting age to 18

27th

Required intervening election between the time when Congress votes itself a raise and when that raise can be implementee