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This person is the only government official who must be a natural-born citizen of the United States.
Who is the President?
The Bill of Rights is comprised of the first ten of them.
What are constitutional amendments?
Ratifying the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments (the reconstruction amendments) was a requirement for readmission into the United States after this military conflict.
What is the Civil War?
On August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment granted them the right to vote.
Who are women?
On January 16, 1919, the 18th amendment prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation” of this cruel mistress.
What is alcohol?
The commerce clause (Article 1, Section 8) gives them the power to “regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.”
Who is Congress?
According to the 2nd amendment, this right of the people “shall not be infringed.”
What is the right to bear arms?
The 13th amendment abolishes it.
What is slavery?
On July 1, 1971, the 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, in large part because of pressure from young veterans coming home from this military conflict.
What is the Vietnam War?
The 13th amendment outlaws slavery, except in this case.
What is being convicted of a crime?
Article 1, Section 3 gives this person the tie-breaking vote in the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
The 1st amendment establishes five freedoms: religion, speech, press, assembly, and this one.
What is petition?
The 14th amendment establishes that all persons born in the United States are one.
What is a citizen?
On April 8, 1913, the 17th amendment established that they would be elected directly by voters, rather than appointed by state legislatures.
Who are Senators?
Alongside cruel and unusual punishment, the 8th amendment prohibits this.
What are excessive fines (and/or excessive bail)?
Article 6 requires all judges and elected officials to take an oath to uphold the Constitution but forbids requiring them to take this kind of test.
The 6th amendment establishes that in all criminal prosecutions, defendants are entitled to a speedy trial, an impartial jury, and assistance from this specific kind of person.
What is a lawyer? (Or what is counsel?)
The 15th amendment establishes that you can’t be denied the right to vote because of this.
What is race (and/or color and/or previous condition of servitude)?
On March 29, 1961, the 23rd amendment granted the residents of this city, who do not have voting representatives in Congress, the ability to vote for the President and Vice President.
What is Washington, D.C.?
Detainees at this U.S. military prison in Cuba have argued in federal courts that they were denied their 5th amendment right to due process, but ultimately federal courts upheld the position that the detainees were not entitled to 5th amendment rights because their detention, related to 9/11/2001, occurred in a “time of War or public danger.”
What is Guantanamo Bay?
This ten-dollar Founding Father without a father was the only delegate from his state to sign the Constitution at the end of Article 8.
Who is Alexander Hamilton
The 4th amendment establishes the principle that you can’t be searched without a warrant and that a warrant can’t be issued without this.
What is probable cause?
The equal protection clause of the 14th amendment establishes that they can’t deny the equal protection of federal laws to any person.
What are states?
On January 23, 1964, the 24th amendment outlawed this obstacle to voting, which disproportionately affected African American voters, in all federal elections.
What is a poll tax?
Although the Supreme Court abolished this form of punishment in Furman v. Georgia (1972), they moved in a different direction in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), ruling that it did not invariably violate the constitution. The Supreme Court has since ruled that this form of punishment violates the 8th and 14th amendments’ ban on cruel and unusual punishment when carried out against persons diagnosed with mental retardation or who are under the age of 18.
What is the death penalty?