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- gurantees freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, and the right to assemble peaceably and to petition the government
- Amendment 1
- prohibits undreasonble search and siezure of persons and property without a valid warrant
- Amendment 4
- guarntees a jury trial in most civil cases
- amendment 7
- guarntes that rights not given to the gereral government, nor denied to the states, are reserved to the states or the people
- Amendment 10
- forbids slavery in any part of the united states of lands under it's control
- Amendment 13
- permits congress to levy a federal income tax
- amendment 16
- grants women the right to vote
- amendment 19
- forbids the president from being elected for more than two terms
- amendment 22
- gives the right to vote in federal elections to men and women 18 years of age or older.
- Amendment 26
- Article 2
- Excutive
- Article 5
- Amendment process
- guarantees the right to organize state militias and to bear arms
- Amendment 2
- requires a grand jury for senious crimingal chages;prohibits military trials of civilaisn; prohibits doublt jeopardy;prohibits forcing accused persomns to testify against themselves, not depreived of live, libery and proberty, w/o due process of law
- Amendment 5
- prohibits excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishment.
- amendment 8
- requires that when the government of a state is sued by a citizen or another state or of a foreign country, the case must be tried in the courts of the state being sued.
- amendment 11
- grants citizenship to former slaves; defines the rights of citizens; guaruntees privileges and immunities of citizens; makes due process of law provision of the 5th amendment application of the states; requires states to provide the equal protection of t
- Amendment 14
- provides for the direct election of the United States senators by the people in the states they represent
- amendment 17
- changes the inauguration date for the president and vice president from march 4 to january 20; provides that the terms of newly elected memebers of congress shall begin on Januray 3, when congress begins its anual session
- Amendment 20
- gives voters in Washington, D.C. the right to vote for the president and Vice president
- Amendment 23
- states the procedure to be followed in the event of the death, removal, resignation, or disability of the president ; provides for the appointment of a Vice President
- amendment 25
- Article 3
- Judicial
- Article 6
- Gereral provisions
- prohobits quartering soldiers in private homes in peacetime and limits in time of war
- Amendment 3
- guarntees the right to a speedy trial by jury ikn criminal cases; to know all charges; to question and obtain witnesses; to have counsel
- Amendment 6
- assures people that they may have other basic rights in addition to those mentioned in the Constitution
- Amendement 9
- requires the member of the electoral college to vote for the president and vice president on sperate ballots
- amendment 12
- guarantees the right to vute regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude
- amendment 15
- outlaws the making, sellins, or ransporting of alcoholic beverages.
- amendment 18
- repeals prohitibion
- amendment 21
- abolishes the poll tax as a requirement of voting
- Amendment 24
- Delays congressional pay reaises until session following passage
- Amendment 27
- Article 1
- Legislative
- Article 4
- State to national relations