27 amendments and MORE

first amendment

freedom of RAPPS
(religion, assembly, press, petition, speech)

what clause(s) are in the first amendment?

free exercise and establishment clause

second amendment

right to bear arms (gun laws) (wut about kangaroo arms)

third amendment

shelter soldiers in your house

fourth amendment

illegal searches and seizures

what do you need to hold legal searches

1. search warrant (from a JUDGE)

2. consent

3. probable clause

exclusionary rule

if right was violated, illegally obtained things can’t be put against them

fifth amendment

• cannot be tried for same crime twice (DOUBLE JEOPARDY)

• serious offenses entitled to GRAND JURY TRIAL

• do not have to testify against yourself I PLEAD THE FIFTH

• must have DUE PROCESS (fair application of the law) before convicted

• EMINENT DOMAIN (government can’t take your land, al’s corner + home depot)

what clause is in what 2 amendments and what for!!!

• due process

• 5, applies to federal gov’t

• 14, applies to limit state gov’t

incorporation doctrine

holds due process clause of the 14th, local + state gov’t must guarantee rights + protections in bill of rights

sixth amendment

• right to speedy trial

• right to counsel

• voir dire (cross examination + jury selection process)

seventh amendment

guarantees jury trial in most civil cases

eighth amendment

• no excessive bail

• no cruel and unusual punishment

ninth amendment

just bec right isn’t listed in constitution doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist

tenth amendment

• guarantees powers not given to federal government, nor denied to states, are reserved to the states or to the people

• state licenses

eleventh amendment

courts can’t hear cases + make decisions against a state if it is used by a citizen who lives in another state or country

12th amendment

separate votes for president and vice president

13th amendment

abolition of slavery

14th amendment

• all born/naturalized in US are citizens of US and the state they reside

• no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law

• equal protection of law

15th amendment

no denial of vote bec of race, color, or previous enslavement

16th amendment

income tax

17th amendment

popular election of US senators

18th amendment

prohibition on alcohol (can’t make, sell, transport)

19th amendment

women’s suffrage

20th amendment

change dates for presidential + congressional terms

21st amendment

repeal of prohibition (18th amendment)

22nd amendment

2 terms presidency

24th amendment

ban voting tax

25th amendment

presidential succession, vp vacancy and presidential disability

26th amendment

voting age of 18

27th amendment

congressional pay (can vote for pay raise but won’t happen until next election of reps)