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Amendment Review

1. 1st Amendment: Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

2. 2nd Amendment: Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

3. 3rd Amendment: Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent.

4. 4th Amendment: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

5. 5th Amendment: Ensures the right to due process, prohibits double jeopardy and self-incrimination.

6. 6th Amendment: Guarantees the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury, and the right to counsel.

7. 7th Amendment: Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.

8. 8th Amendment: Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

9. 9th Amendment: Asserts that the enumeration of specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights not specifically mentioned.

10. 10th Amendment: States that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

11. 11th Amendment: Limits lawsuits against states by citizens of another state or foreign country.

12. 12th Amendment: Revises the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.

13. 13th Amendment: Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

14. 14th Amendment: Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause.

15. 15th Amendment: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

16. 16th Amendment: Allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states.

17. 17th Amendment: Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

18. 18th Amendment: Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages (repealed by the 21st Amendment).

19. 19th Amendment: Grants women the right to vote.

20. 20th Amendment: Changes the dates of congressional and presidential terms, reducing the "lame duck" period.

21. 21st Amendment: Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition.

22. 22nd Amendment: Limits the President to two terms in office.

23. 23rd Amendment: Grants residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote for President and Vice President.

24. 24th Amendment: Prohibits the use of poll taxes in federal elections.

25. 25th Amendment: Establishes procedures for presidential succession and disability.


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Amendment Review

1. 1st Amendment: Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

2. 2nd Amendment: Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

3. 3rd Amendment: Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent.

4. 4th Amendment: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

5. 5th Amendment: Ensures the right to due process, prohibits double jeopardy and self-incrimination.

6. 6th Amendment: Guarantees the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury, and the right to counsel.

7. 7th Amendment: Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.

8. 8th Amendment: Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

9. 9th Amendment: Asserts that the enumeration of specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights not specifically mentioned.

10. 10th Amendment: States that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

11. 11th Amendment: Limits lawsuits against states by citizens of another state or foreign country.

12. 12th Amendment: Revises the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.

13. 13th Amendment: Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

14. 14th Amendment: Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause.

15. 15th Amendment: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

16. 16th Amendment: Allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states.

17. 17th Amendment: Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

18. 18th Amendment: Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages (repealed by the 21st Amendment).

19. 19th Amendment: Grants women the right to vote.

20. 20th Amendment: Changes the dates of congressional and presidential terms, reducing the "lame duck" period.

21. 21st Amendment: Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition.

22. 22nd Amendment: Limits the President to two terms in office.

23. 23rd Amendment: Grants residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote for President and Vice President.

24. 24th Amendment: Prohibits the use of poll taxes in federal elections.

25. 25th Amendment: Establishes procedures for presidential succession and disability.