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This amendment correlates with the Tinker v. Des Moines court case
1st Amendment
Cannot be put in jail for 20 years for a speeding ticket
8th Amendment
Formally abolished Slavery in the United States; 1st of 3 Civil War Amendments
13th Amendment
Women’s Suffrage; Gave Women the right to vote
19th Amendment
Repealed the Prohibition
21st Amendment
The right to own a gun is protected under which amendment
2nd Amendment
The right to trial by jury in civil cases
7th Amendment
Black’s suffrage; Gave Black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
Fixed the lengthy “lame duck” period
20th
Limits the Presidency to only two terms; Maximum of 10 years with special cases
22nd Amendment
The government cannot force citizens to let soldiers in their homes without consent
3rd Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright ; Established the constitutional right to legal counsel for poor defendants, right to an attorney is a fundamental right
6th Amendment
Granted citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States
14th Amendment
Amendment that was hard to enforce; led to the creation of speakeasies.
18th Amendment
“Old enough to fight, Old enough to vote”
26th Amendment
You cannot be searched without a warrant, reasonable suspicion, or probable cause.
4th Amendment
The Reserve Clause
10th Amendment
Result of the chaotic 1800 election that resulted in a tie; Thomas Jefferson v. Aaron Burr
12th Amendment
Senators elected by the people, term lasts 6 years
17th Amendment
Often used when the President needs surgery and will be unavailable for a certain amount of time
25th Amendment
Habeas Corpus: “Show us the Body”
5th Amendment
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
9th Amendment
Chisholm v. Georgia ; Justices of the Supreme Court rejected Georgia's claim to be sovereign
11th Amendment
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. ; In a decision later nullified by the Sixteenth Amendment, the Court held that income taxes are direct taxes and thus must be divided among states according to population.
16th Amendment
Any changes to the congressional salary don’t take effect until the next election concludes.
27th Amendment