1-15 Amendments

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1st Amendment

Freedom of religion. Freedom of speech. Freedom of the press. Freedom of assembly. Freedom to petition the government for redress of your grievances.

2nd Amendment

The right to bear arms.

3rd Amendment

Soldiers cannot be quartered in your house without your consent.

4th Amendment

The police cannot search you or your property without a warrant that is signed by a judge and states the specific reasons for the search.

5th Amendment

You cannot be indicted for a serious crime unless a grand jury is called to hear the evidence against you and votes to have you charged with the crime. You cannot be put on trial twice for the same crime. At your trial, you cannot be forced to testify. You cannot lose your life, liberty, or property without a hearing. Your private property cannot be taken by the government and turned into a public place (park, highway) unless you have a hearing and are fairly paid.

6th Amdendment

When put on trial for a crime, you are entitled to a quick trial that is held in public. You are entitled to a jury that is not prejudiced against you. You are entitled to hear the charges made against you, listen to the witnesses who testify against you, and cross-examine those witnesses. You are entitled to subpoena witnesses who can testify that you are innocent. You are entitled to a lawyer.

7th Amendment

When put on trial, you are entitled to have a jury decide if you are guilty or innocent.

8th Amendment

You are entitled to reasonable bail. If your crime in not serious, you can get out of jail to await your trial. When imprisoned, you will not suffer cruel or unusual punishments.

9th Amendment

While we have listed some of your rights, you have lots more.

10th Amendment

Any extra power that we have not listed in the Constitution belongs to individuals and the states.

11th Amendment

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

12th Amendment

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; -- the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.-- The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

13th Amendment

Slavery was abolished in 1865

14th Amendment

African-Americans became full citizens in 1868

15th Amendment

African-American men go the right to vote in 1870