Guess the Amendment
Which Amendment is this:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
The First Amendment:
In the Fourth Amendment, what does "unreasonable" mean as in "unreasonable searches and seizures"?
Searches and seizures completed without a warrant or due process
The 19th Amendment, as it guaranteed women's right to vote.
What Amendment is this:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
10th Amendment:
In the Third Amendment, what does "quartered" as in "quartered in any house" mean?
lodging for troops by ordinary citizens
Why was the 22nd Amendment created?
Franklin D. Roosevelt served for four terms, breaking a tradition where presidents only served two. They decided to make this from a law from then on.
Which Amendment is this:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The Second Amendment
In the 14th Amendment, the word "apportioned" is used to describe a key part of organizing the House of Representatives. What is this?
Delegating Representatives based on state population
The Supreme Court ruled that a Connecticut law banning contraceptives was unconstitutional. The right to privacy, which the Court used to prove their verdict, was not explicitly stated in the Constitution. They used an Amendment to combat this.
The Ninth Amendment, as it allows people to have rights which are not explicitly stated in the Constitution.
Which Amendment is this:
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
The Seventh Amendment
"nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb"
What does this mean and which Amendment is this from?
This is from the Fifth Amendment, describing double jeopardy, or being tried for the same matter twice
During Coker v. Georgia, a man was sentenced to death by the Georgia Supreme Court for raping a woman. The Supreme Court later determined that this was unconstitutional according to this Amendment
The Eighth Amendment, as it prohibits courts from giving out cruel and unusual punishments.
Which Amendment is this and which time period is it describing?
"After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."
The 18th Amendment, Prohibition
The case must be brought up in court in a reasonable time after the accusation.
During Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court used this clause of this Amendment to prove that lawyers had to be used even in State trials.
The Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment, which states every citizen must go through a due process of law.