Amencment flashcards

1st Amendment: Freedom of speech

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

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

4th Amendment: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; requires warrants to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.

5th Amendment: Ensures the right to due process, protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination, and includes the requirement of just compensation for the taking of private property.

6th Amendment: Guarantees the rights to a fair and speedy trial, an impartial jury, and to be informed of the charges against oneself.

7th Amendment: Provides for the right to trial by jury in civil cases.

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

9th Amendment: Asserts that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.

10th Amendment: Declares that powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people.

14th Amendment: Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and ensures that no state can deny any person the equal protection of the laws.

15th Amendment: Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

17th Amendment: Establishes direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

19th Amendment: Grants women the right to vote.

23rd Amendment: Grants residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections.

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

26th Amendment: Lowers the voting age to 18 years old.