US Constitution and Bill of Rights

Article I

Legislative Branch

(section 1 [general power consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives], section 8 [powers of Congress [commerce clause, necessary and proper clause], section 2: house, section 3: senate)

Article II

Executive Branch (section 1: the president, section 2: powers of the president [commander in chief clause])

Article III

Judicial Branch (section 1: establishes the federal judiciary, outlining the Supreme Court and allowing Congress to create lower court, section 2: defines the scope of federal judicial power, detailing the types of cases the federal courts can hear)

Article IV

State Powers/Limits and Relations

Section 1: Full Faith and Credit

Section 2: Privileges and Immunities

Article V

Amendment Process, 2/3 vote in both Senate and House OR ¾ states

Article VI

Supremacy Clause (Constitution, Federal Law> State Law)

Article VII

Ratification (9 out of 13 colonies to approve for it to become effective)

1st Amendment

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition (SPRAP)

2nd Amendment

Right to Bear Arms

3rd Amendment

Quartering of Soldiers

Fourth Amendment

Search and Seizure

Fifth Amendment

due process, no self incrimination, double jeopardy, just compensation for taking property

Sixth Amendment

right to speedy trial by jury, witnesses, counsel

Seventh Amendment

Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits

Eight Amendment

Excessive Fines/Bail , Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Ninth Amendment

Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People

Tenth Amendment

Rights Reserved to States or People

Eleventh Amendment

Suits Against States ("You can't sue your state in federal court if you're not a resident of that state or a citizen of another country")

Twealth Amendment

Election of President and Vice President (required electors to vote separately for president and vice president)

13th Amendment

Abolition of Slavery, but can be used as a punishment for crimes after legal conviction

14th Amendment

Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt

15th Amendment

Right to Vote Not Denied by Race

16th Amendment

Income Tax

17th Amendment

Popular Election of Senators

18th Amendment

Prohibition of Liquor

19th Amendment

Women’s Right to Vote

20th Amendment

Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress

21st Amendment

Repeal of Prohibition

22nd Amendment

Two-Term Limit on Presidency

23rd Amendment

Presidential Vote for DC

24th Amendment

Abolition of Poll Taxes

25th Amendment

Presidential Disability and Succession

26th Amendment

Right to Vote at Age 18

27th Amendment

Congressional Compensation