27 Amendments of the US Constitution

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the first ten amendments (Bill of Rights) and the subsequent seventeen amendments to the United States Constitution based on the provided lecture notes.

The Bill of Rights

The first $10$ amendments to the United States Constitution, ratified by the required number of states on December $15^{th}$, $1791$.

First Amendment

• Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

• Prohibits Congress from making laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise, and protects freedom of speech, the press, the right to peaceably assemble, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Second Amendment

• Right to keep and bear Arms

• Asserts that a well regulated Militia is necessary to the security of a free State and protects the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.

Third Amendment

• Quartering of Soldiers

• Prohibits the quartering of Soldiers in any house in time of peace without the consent of the Owner, and in time of war except in a manner prescribed by law.

Fourth Amendment

• Search and Seizure

• Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires Warrants to be issued only upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

Fifth Amendment

• Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings

• Guarantees indictment by a Grand Jury for capital crimes, protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination, and ensures due process of law and just compensation for private property taken for public use.

Sixth Amendment

• Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel

• Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, the right to be informed of the nature of the accusation, the right to be confronted with witnesses, the right to compulsory process for obtaining witnesses, and the Assistance of Counsel.

Seventh Amendment

• Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits

• Preserves the right of trial by jury in Suits at common law where the value in controversy exceeds $20$ dollars.

Eighth Amendment

• Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.

Ninth Amendment

• Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People

• States that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment

• Rights Reserved to States or People

• States that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Eleventh Amendment

• Suits Against States

• Limits the judicial power of the United States so it does not extend to suits against one of the United States by Citizens of another State or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

Twelfth Amendment

• Election of President and Vice-President

• Refines the process for the Electors to vote by ballot for President and Vice-President separately, ensuring distinct ballots and lists for each office.

Thirteenth Amendment

• Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude within the United States, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party has been duly convicted.

Fourteenth Amendment

• Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt

• Defines citizenship, guarantees due process and equal protection of the laws, and addresses representation, disqualification from office for rebellion, and the validity of public debt.

Fifteenth Amendment

• Prohibits the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Sixteenth Amendment

• Income Tax

• Grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the States or regard to any census.

Seventeenth Amendment

• Establishes the direct election of two Senators from each State by the people thereof for terms of $6$ years.

Eighteenth Amendment

• Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the United States for beverage purposes.

Nineteenth Amendment

• Guarantees that the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.

• Women’s Right to vote

Twentieth Amendment

• Sets the end of terms for the President and Vice President at noon on the $20^{th}$ day of January and for Senators and Representatives at noon on the $3^{d}$ day of January.

Twenty-First Amendment

• Repeals the 18th Amendment

• Repeals the eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Twenty-Second Amendment

• Limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of the President to no more than $2$ times.

Twenty-Third Amendment

• Presidential Vote for D.C.

• Grants the District constituting the seat of government the right to appoint a number of electors for President and Vice President equal to the number of Senators and Representatives it would be entitled to if it were a state.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

• Abolition of Poll Taxes

• Prohibits the denial of the right to vote in federal elections by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

• Establishes procedures for the Vice President to become President in case of removal, death, or resignation, and for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President.

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

• Grants the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are $18$ years of age or older.

Twenty-Seventh Amendment

• Congress Compensation

• Provides that no law varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives has intervened.