Amend-mint Condition
This amendment is the overachiever of the bunch, protecting speech, religion, the press, assembly, AND petition all at once.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The peak Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited first in 1953.
REESE TV
What is EVEREST?
Tradition says audiences stand up during the “Hallelujah” chorus of this German-British composer’s Messiah.
Who is George Frideric Handel?
Arctic, Indian, Southern
What are oceans?
The President rejects a bill from Congress, along with a crunchy, cheesy orange snack.
What is a veto Cheeto?
No waiting years in a dungeon. This amendment guarantees a speedy, public trial by jury and the right to a lawyer.
What is the 6th Amendment?
The amendments that guarantee freedom of speech, a speedy trial, and more.
BIG FRILLS HOT
What is the BILL OF RIGHTS?
This composer was almost completely deaf when he wrote his Symphony No. 9, which ends with the famous “Ode to Joy.”
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Nile, Amazon, Mississippi
What are rivers?
A farm where the executive, legislative, and judicial parts of government are raised.
What is a branch ranch?
This amendment lets you “bear arms,” which, sadly, does not mean you can wear a grizzly as a sleeve.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This bird can catch a pigeon at 200 mph!
LEERING FOR PECAN
What is a PEREGRINE FALCON?
This English composer’s suite The Planets includes the jolly “Jupiter,” but it skips Earth entirely.
Who is Gustav Holst?
Grand, Bryce, Zion
What are canyons?
A tiny squeaker that loves cheese hiding among the 435 members of the chamber where terms last just 2 years.
What is a House mouse?
Police can’t just rummage through your stuff. This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires warrants based on probable cause.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The branch created by Article I of the Constitution.
AGILE LIVEST
What is the LEGISLATIVE branch?
This Polish pianist wrote almost entirely for solo piano, and his heart was buried in Warsaw, separate from his body.
Who is Frédéric Chopin?
Mexico, Persian, Aden
What are gulfs?
What the Supreme Court finds when it declares a piece of legislation unconstitutional.
What is a law flaw?
“I plead the ___!” This amendment protects you from self-incrimination and guarantees due process.
What is the 5th Amendment?
A skinny land bridge, like the one the Panama Canal was cut through.
HIT SUMS
What is an ISTHMUS?
He lived into the 1940s but is remembered as one of the last great Romantics, with hands so huge he could reportedly stretch across 13 piano keys.
Who is Sergei Rachmaninoff?
Florida, Italy, Korea
What are peninsulas?
A chocolatey treat whipped up by one of the 9 Supreme Court justices, who serve for life.
What is a judge fudge?