Bill of Rights (A)
The freedom of assembly is given in the Amendment.
First Amendment
Right of the people to keep and bear arms
Second Amendment
Prohibits restrictions on the right to vote based on race and color
Fifteenth Amendment 1870
Places limits on suits against states
Eleventh Amendment (1795)
Establishes procedures for succession to the presidency
Twenty-fifth Amendment 1967
Repealed prohibition
Twenty-first Amendment (1933)
Double Jeopardy and not answering for capital crime are found within this Amendment
Fifth Amendment
No quartering of soldiers in any house during peacetime and not doing war, except when prescribed by law
Third Amendment
Prohibits making, drinking, or selling alcoholic beverages
Eighteenth Amendments 1917
Sets voting age at 18 years old
Twenty-sixth Amendment 1971
Delays the congressional pay raises until the term following their passage
Twenty-seventh Amendment 1992
Enables voters to elect senators directly
Seventeenth Amendment 1913
The rights are reserved for the states and the people
Tenth Amendment
Right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant describing what is to be searched and seized
Fourth
Abolishes (private) slavery
Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
Defines the United States citizenship; guarantees all citizens "equal protection of the laws"
Fourteenth (1868)
Abolished poll taxes
Twenty-Fourth Amendment 1964
The House and Senate passed me by super-majorities, but I failed to get ratified by 3/4 of the states within the timeframe setout by Congress, and so alas, I am not an amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment
No excessive bail
Eight Amendment
Right to a speedy and public trial, with an impartial jury.
Sixth Amendment
Changes the dates of congressional and presidential terms
20thA
Revises procedure for electing the presidents and vice president
Twelfth Amendment (1804)
Limits presidents to two terms in office
Twenty-second Amendment 1951
I wrote the Bill of Rights, even though I initially argued it wasn't necessary. I am either a team player or a Machiavellian control freak (probably both).
James Madison
Enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be constructed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth
Right to a trial by jury is preserved in cases where the value is more than $20.00
Seventh Amendment
Gives Congress the power to levy an income tax
Sixteenth Amendment 1913
Gives women the right to vote
Nineteenth Amendment (1920)
Gives residents of D.C. the right to vote
Twenty-third Amendment 1961
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