AP GOV ADMENDMENTS IDK SO I GOTTA PRACTICE.

5th Amendment (Jury)

Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings

• Protections safeguarding individuals from the abuse of government power in Court

6th Amendment (Jury)

Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel

• ensures fair and fast trials between the government and the accused

7th Amendment (jury)

Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits

• guarantees the right to a jury trial in federal civil cases where the value goes up twenty dollars

8th Amendment

Exessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment

• government and states can’t set excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

9th Amendment (people)

Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People

• People have rights beyond those listed in Constiution.

11th Amendment (gov)

Suits Against States

• protects state governments from being sued in federal court by citizens of another state or foreign country

12th Amendment (gov)

Election of President and Vice President

• establishes the current procedure for electing the president and vice president.

16th Amendment

Income Tax

• grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from any source without apportionment among the states or regard to the census

17th Amendment

Popular Election of Senators

• Direct election of senators. established the direct election of U.S. senators by the public, people vote 2 Senators from each state.

20th Amendment

Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress

• Terms/start dates of president & Congress. sets the start and end dates for federal terms of office and clarifies presidential succession

23th Amendment

Presidential Vote for D.C.

• D.C. gets Electoral College votes. gives residents of the D.C the right to vote in presidential elections by granting the district electors in the Electoral College

24th Amendment

Abolitition of Poll Taxes

• prohibits the federal and state governments from requiring a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections

25th Amendment

Presidential Disability and Succession

• President replacement. The Vice President automatically becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office

• If the vice presidency becomes vacant, the president nominates a new vice president who takes office after a majority confirmation vote in both the House and Senate

• The president can temporarily hand power to the vice president by submitting a written declaration (such as before undergoing a planned medical procedure like surgery) and resume power with another written declaration

• The vice president and a majority of the principal cabinet officers (or another body designated by Congress) can declare in writing that the president is unable to discharge their duties