27 amendments to the constitution
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1st AMENDMENT•Freedom speech, press, religion, petition, assembly
• http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Stephen_Colbert_spoofs_Don_Imus_racial_0410.html
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/12/national/main2675273.shtml
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2nd Amendment• Right to Bear
Arms
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/17/national/main3517564.shtml?source=mostpop_story
3rd Amendment
• No quartering troops (peace time)
I don’t think so.
4th AMENDMENT•NO illegal search and
seizure
• Katz v. United States – public phone
5th Amendment• NO double jeopardy;
no self-incrimination; eminent domain
6th Amendment• Speedy trial by jury
of peers and an attorney
• CRIMINAL CASES
7th Amendment• Civil Trials – right to jury in Federal cases
over $20
8th Amendment
• No cruel and Unusual Punishment
• No Excessive
Bail
9th Amendment• Rights not written in the
Constitution belong to the people
• Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965
• Garner v. Texas 2003
• Roe v. Wade
10th AMENDMENT
•Powers reserved for states
• The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States
respectively, or to the people. • Marriage
• Schools
• Drinking
11th Amendment• No lawsuits
against states.
VS.
12th Amendment
• Election of President and Vice President (on same ballot)
• Electoral College
13th Amendment• Outlawed slavery
14th Amendment• Equal protection (due
process)“Section 1. All persons born
or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Plyler v. Doe
15th Amendment• Right to vote –
BLACK males
16th Amendment• Federal Income
Tax established
17th Amendment
• Popular election of Senators
2 Senators=
18th Amendment
• Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors.
19th Amendment• Equal Suffrage for
women
20th Amendment
• TERMS of Congress & President/VP begin
Jan. 3Jan. 20
21st Amendment
• Repeal of 18th Amendment
22nd Amendment
• Presidential Term limits
2-four year terms
or
10 years total
23rd Amendment• Presidential
Electors for the District of Columbia
Electors
for
24th Amendment
• Right to vote in Federal Elections-NO POLL TAX
25th Amendment
• Presidential Succession
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26th Amendment
• Right to vote- Age 18
27th Amendment
• Congressional Pay - limited
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