Bill of Rights
Voting Rights Amendments
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
National, State, or Local
Executive, Judicial, or Legislative
100

Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly

1st Amendment

100

19th Amendment

Women's suffrage
100

Brown v. Board Education

Ended school segregation

100

Coining money

National

100

Raising taxes

Legislative

200

No quartering of soldiers

3rd Amendment

200

15th Amendment

Voting can't be restricted based on race

200

Plessy v. Ferguson

Allowed racial segregation

200

Issuing teacher licenses and public education standards

State

200

Settling disputes between states

Judicial

300

No cruel or unusual punishment, no excessive bail or fines

8th Amendment

300

26th Amendment

18 year olds can vote

300
Miranda v. Arizona

Police must read you your rights

300

Fire, police, and emergency services

Local

300

Appointing judges, cabinet members, and ambassadors

Executive

400
Police need a warrant or probable cause in order to search your personal property

4th Amendment

400

No poll taxes

24th Amendment

400

Gideon v. Wainwright

You have the right to a lawyer

400

Declaring war and negotiating treaties

Federal

400

Ratifying treaties

Legislative (Senate)

500

You have rights that are not listed or enumerated in the Constitution

9th Amendment

500

This Amendment contains the "equal protection clause," that states all citizens are equal under the law

14th Amendment

500
in re: Gault

Juveniles have due process rights

500

Constructing interstate highways

National

500

Presiding over an impeachment trial

Judicial