Articles and Amendments

Article 1

• Establishes legislative branch

Article 2

• Establishes executive branch

Article 3

• Establishes Judicial Branch

Article 4

• Relationships between states (full faith and credit, privileges & immunities)

Article 5

• Amendment process

Article 6

• Supremacy Clause

Article 7

• When the Constitution will take effect (9 states need to ratify)

1st

• RAPPS: Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech

2nd

• Right to bear arms

3rd

• No quartering of soldiers in peacetime

4th

• No illegal search & seizure of private property

5th

• No double jeopardy, no forced self-incrimination, due process clause, eminent domain

6th

• Right to speedy/public trial and attorney in criminal cases

7th

• Right to trial by jury in civil cases

8th

• No excessive bail/fines, no cruel & unusual punishment

9th

• Individual rights not listed are still there

10th

• Reserved powers

11th

• States can’t be sued by citizen of another state or of a foreign country

12th

• Separate ballots for President & VP

13th

• Outlawed slavery

14th

• Established what a citizen is, due process clause, equal protection clause

15th

• Right to vote for all male citizens 21+

16th

• Established federal income tax

17th

• Direct election of senators

18th

• Prohibition

19th

• Right to vote for women 21+

20th

• “Lame Duck” established when new terms start for President & Congress

21st

• Repeal Prohibition

22nd

• President limited to two terms or 10 years

23rd

• Washington, DC gets 3 electoral votes

24th

• Outlawed poll taxes

25th

• Presidential removal from office & succession

26th

• Right to vote to citizens 18+

27th

• Congressional pay raises can’t take effect until following term