Amendments

1st Amendment

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

2nd Amendment

the right to keep and bear arms

3rd Amendment

right to not quarter soldiers

4th Amendment

Protection from illegal search and seizure (police must have a proper warrant)

5th Amendment

-Indictment by a grand jury before a trial.

-Protection from self-incrimination.

-Cannot be tried for the same crime twice (double jeopardy).

-Due process of law before punishment is invoked (federal government).

-Right to own private property.

6th Amendment

-Right to a speedy, public trial with an impartial jury.

-Right to have witnesses and to cross-examine hostile witnesses.

-Right to have an attorney at every stage in the criminal process.

7th Amendment

Right to trial by jury in civil cases heard by federal courts.

8th Amendment

No excessive bail and no cruel or unusual punishment.

9th Amendment

“unenumerated rights”- reserves rights to the people that are not listed in the constitution.

10th Amendment

Reserves powers that are not listed in the constitution to the states.

11th Amendment

Suits against states

12th Amendment

Election of president and vice president.

13th Amendment

Abolished slavery.

14th Amendment

Right to citizenship and due process.

15th Amendment

Cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

16th Amendment

Established an income tax

17th Amendment

Popular election of senators.

18th Amendment

Prohibition of intoxicating liquors.

19th Amendment

Women get the right to vote.

20th Amendment

Commencement of terms, sessions of congress, death or disqualification of president-elect.

21st Amendment

Repealed the 18th Amendment.

22nd Amendment

Presidential tenure.

23rd Amendment

Extended the right of citizens in Washington, DC to vote for the president.

24th Amendment

Made poll taxes illegal.

25th Amendment

Clarified presidential succession. vice president vacancy, presidential inability.

26th Amendment

Lowered the voting age to 18 years of age.

27th Amendment

Congressional pay.