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1: Prohibits the establishment of a state religion and guarantees freedom to practice religion; protects freedom of speech and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government
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2: Protects the right to keep and bear arms, and mentions this right in the context of a "well-regulated militia."
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3: Prohibits the stationing of troops in people's homes without their consent or as set down in law during wartime.
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4: Protects against unreasonable search and seizure; probable cause is required to get a warrant to conduct a search, and the warrant must describe the place to be searched and what is to be seized.
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5: Provides for indictment by a grand jury for capital or serious crimes; protects against double jeopardy; guarantees due process and eminent domain.
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6: Guarantees the right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, to be informed about charges, to confront witnesses and present witnesses in defense, and to have representation by an attorney.
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7: Provides for a trail by jury in most civil cases.
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8: Prohibits excessive bail and fines as well as the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment.
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9: The people are not denied any rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
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10: Powers not granted to the federal government nor denied to the states in the Constitution, belong ot the states or to the people. Reserved powers - authority that states have to determine their own marriage and divorce laws is an example of a reserved power.
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11: Sets limits on suits against states by citizens of another state or foreign country(1795)
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12: Ensures that electors cast separate ballots for president and vice-president in the electoral college(1804)
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13: Prohibits slavery in the united States(1865)
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14: Defines citizens as anyone born or naturalized in the US; prohibits states from denying any person life, liberty, or property without due process, or denying any person equal protection under the laws(1868)
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15: Prohibits denying the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude(1870)
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16: Authorizes federal income tax(1913)
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17: Provides for direct election of senators(1913)
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18: Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of intoxicating liquor; ushers in the era known as Prohibition(1919)
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19: Grants women the right to vote(1920)
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20: Changes dates when president, vice-president, and members of Congress take office and congress convenes; covers presidential succession in an emergency(1933)
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21: Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment(1933)
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22: Effectively limits the president to two terms(1951)
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23: Extends the right to vote in presidential elections to the District of Columbia(1961)
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24: Prohibits payment of poll tax or other tax in order to vote in a federal election(1964)
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25: States that the vice president becomes president, if the presdient is removed from office, resigns, or dies; also states that the new president nominates a new vice president to fill a vice-president vacancy(vice president is then confirmed by a majority of both houses of Congress); also presents the procedures for dealing with presidential disability(1967)
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26: Lowers voting age to 18 in state and federal elections(1971)
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27: Changes law stating the compensation of members of congress does not go into effect until after an election to the House(1992)
