Trials
No one can be forced to testify against himself in court. You cannot be tried twice when your life is on the line.
What is the fifth Amendment?
14.Who is a citizen: Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause. (1868)
What is the 14th Amendment?
States that Congressional salary changes can not take effect until the beginning of the next session of Congress.
What is the 27th Amendment?
New presidential election rules. (1804) Voters use one ballot to choose both a president and vice president.
What is the 12th Amendment?
Freedom of religion and expression
What is the 1st Amendment?
The right to fast and speedy trial
What is the 6th Amendment?
No denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. (1870)
What is the 15th Amendment?
Direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. (1913)
What is the 17th Amendment?
Gave details on the terms of office for Congress and the President.
What is the 20th Amendment?
The right to keep and carry weapons
What is the 2nd amendment?
The right to trial by jury
What is the 7th Amendment?
gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Congress can collect income tax without having to give the money back to the states. (1913)
What is the 16th Amendment?
Limited the president to a maximum of two terms or 10 years.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Protects rights not said in the Constitution
What is the 9th Amendment?
No excessive fines and or bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th Amendment?
Set the national voting age at 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
Prohibition of alcohol making alcoholic drinks illegal. (It would later be repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment)
What is the 18th Amendment?
Provided that Washington, DC be allowed representatives in the Electoral College. This way the citizens of Washington DC would have a vote for the president even though they are not officially part of a state.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
The federal government only has those powers given to it by the states or the people through the Constitution.
What is the 10th Amendment?
States are protected from lawsuits by out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the states
What is the 11th Amendment?
Said that people don't have to pay a tax, called a poll tax, in order to vote.
What is the 24th Amendment?
This amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This amendment defined the presidential succession if something should happen to the president. The first in line is the Vice-President.
What is the 25th Amendment?
No soldiers in your house without permission
What is the 3rd Amendment?