Amendments

1-10 are known as

Bill of Rights

Amendment 1

1. religion

2. assembly

3. press

4. petition

5. speech

Amendment 2

guarantees citizens the right to keep and bear arms, or weapons

Amendment 3

prohibits the quartering of soldiers without the owners consent

Amendment 4

prohibits illegal searches unless a warrants has been issued for probable cause

Amendment 5

A grand jury determines whether or no there is enough evidence to try a person for a crime

no person can be tried more than once for the same crime is called double jeopardy

no one has to witness against himself

no one can be punished for a crime without due process of law

private property cannot be taken without the government paying the owned a fair price

Amendment 6

in a criminal trial, the person accused has right to what five things?

1. speedy and public trial

2. impartial jury

3. confronted with witnesses present

4. can have witnesses on your behalf

5. lawyer, counsel

Amendment 7

a person can take someone else to court if the money or property involved exceeds 20 dollars

Amendment 8

no one can be sentenced to cruel or unusual punishment, or held for trial by excessive bail

Amendment 9

this amendment guarantees other rights not listed in the Consitution

Amendment 10

all other powers which the Constitution does not deal with belong to the States

Amendment 11- 1798

this amendment repealed part of Article III, no state may be sued in a federal court by a resident of another state or foreign country

Amendment 12- 1804

this amendment allows electors to vote separately for the offices of President and Vice President

Amendment 13- 1865

this amendment abolished slavery

Amendment 14- 1868

any one born or naturalized in the United States is entitled to all rights as a citizen

Amendment 15- 1870

this section guaranteed voting rights to men of color

Amendment 16-19 are known as the?

Progressive Amendments

Amendment 16- 1913

congress has the power to tax income

Amendment 17- 1913

this amendment gave the people the right to elect senators

Amendment 18- 1919

this amendment known as the prohibition amendment, outlawed the manufacture, sale or transportation of liquor

Amendment 19- 1920

this amendment gave women the right to vote

Amendment 20- 1933

section 1- established the beginning of the terms of office of a president, vice president, and senator and representative (congress)

section 2- establishes congressional session

section 3- allows for the vice-president elect to take office as President if the President-elect dies before taking office

section 4- allows for this amendment to be put into effect

Amendment 21- 1933

repealed or cancelled, the 18th amendment

Amendment 22- 1951

restricted a person to only 2 elected terms or a maximum of 10 years in office if he has moved from the vice-presidency to the presidency

Amendment 23- 1961

gave citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections with a total of 3 electoral votes

Amendment 24- 1964

outlawed a poll tax in voting in federal election

Amendment 25- 1967

section 1- the vp replaces the president if he dies or is removed from office

section 2- president can nominate a new vp if there is a vacancy in the position, congress must approve the nomination

section 3- if the president cannot fulfill his duties temporarily the vp takes his place until that president resume his place

section 4- an executive or congressional committee can declare the president to be temporarily unable to fulfill his duties, giving the vp the right to take his place until the president can resume his place

Amendment 26- 1971

this amendment lowered the voting age to 18

Amendment 27- 1992

originally written by James Madison prohibits pay raises for president, for the session