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27 vocabulary-style flashcards covering Amendments 1 through 27 as presented in the lecture notes.
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First Amendment
Protects freedom of speech, press, and assembly; free exercise of religion; prohibits the establishment of religion by the government; protects the right to petition the government.
Second Amendment
Right to bear arms.
Third Amendment
Prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes.
Fourth Amendment
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; requires warrants based on probable cause.
Fifth Amendment
Due process; protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy; limits on eminent domain requiring just compensation.
Sixth Amendment
Right to a speedy and public trial by jury; right to counsel; right to compel witnesses and confront those against you.
Seventh Amendment
Right to trial by jury in civil cases.
Eighth Amendment
Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment; prohibits excessive bail and fines.
Ninth Amendment
Protects unenumerated rights retained by the people.
Tenth Amendment
Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
Eleventh Amendment
Lawsuits against states must be brought in state courts (not federal courts).
Twelfth Amendment
Establishes separate Electoral College ballots for President and Vice President; VP must meet eligibility requirements for presidency.
Thirteenth Amendment
Abolishes slavery.
Fourteenth Amendment
Due process and equal protection; birthright citizenship—any person born in the United States is a citizen.
Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits voting discrimination based on race, color, creed, or previous condition of servitude; granted voting rights to male citizens who were formerly enslaved.
Sixteenth Amendment
Authorizes Congress to levy an income tax.
Seventeenth Amendment
Direct election of U.S. Senators by the people.
Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcoholic beverages.
Nineteenth Amendment
Gave women the right to vote.
Twentieth Amendment
Moved presidential and congressional terms to January (Presidential Jan 20; Congress Jan 3).
Twenty-First Amendment
Repealed Prohibition.
Twenty-Second Amendment
Two-term limit on the presidency; includes a 10-year maximum for a president who assumes office in the middle of a term.
Twenty-Third Amendment
Gives the District of Columbia three Electoral College votes.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Outlaws poll taxes in federal elections.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Addresses presidential succession and vacancies; VP becomes acting president if the president is disabled; fills a vacancy in the office of the Vice President.
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Lowered the voting age to 18.
Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Prohibits Congressional pay raises from taking effect until after the next election; ratified in 1992 (proposed in 1789).