27 amendments + ways to remember them

1st amendment

Free Speech, press, religion, and assembly

2- two bear arms

Right to bear arms

3- threes a crowd

No quartering of troops in homes

4 - four doors on a car (think the police wanna search your car)

No unreasonable searches/seizures

5- I plead the 5th

Cannot be tried twice for same crime and does not have to testify against self

Speedy six

Right to speedy and public trial and right to lawyer and counsel

You’re lucky (777) to get a trial

Right to trial by jury in civil cases

8- Sideways handcuffs

No excessive bail, fines, cruel/unusual punishment

9 -makes more rights mine

Rights not enumerated retained by people

Federal laws are what are writTEN

Powers not delegated to Congress or prohibited to states belong to states and people

11- 1 on 1

No federal cases between state, citizen of another state

12- one ballot, 2nd ballot

The electoral college will vote separately for president and VIP rather than together in one ballot

13- free

Slavery is outlawed!

14- citizenize

Citizenship to former slaves

15- vote

Right to vote cannot be denied because of race

16- turn 16 = job

Congress can levy individual income taxes

17- senators seventeen

Direct election of senators

18- nope 21

Prohibition of liquors

19- becomes a woman

Right to vote for women

20- January 20th

Date for inauguration

21- let’s drink!

Repeal of prohibition

22- 2 terms

Pres. term limits

23- twenty three rhymes with DC

D.Cs resident vote for president

24- no poll tax at the door

Ban on poll tax

25- if he ain’t alive

Appointment of new vice Pres. presidential incompetence

26- 2+6=8

Right to vote for 18 yr olds

27- last one

Reps cannot set their own pay