Constitutional Amendments

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1st Amendment	The right to practice or freedom from religion, press, assembly, speech and petition the government
2nd Amendment	Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment	No homeowner is forced to house and quarter soldiers in times of peace
4th Amendment	No search and seizure without probable cause
5th Amendment	Cannot be held without explanation of crimes, do not have to testify against yourself, cannot not be tried more than once for the same crime and property cannot be taken away without just compensation
6th Amendment	Guarantees a speedy trial, an impartial jury, that the accused can confront witnesses against them, and that the accused must be allowed to have a lawyer.
7th Amendment	Guarantees a jury trial in federal civil court cases. This type of case is normally no longer heard in federal court.
8th Amendment	Guarantees that punishments will be fair, and not cruel, and that extraordinarily large fines will not be set.
9th Amendment	Simply a statement that other rights aside from those listed may exist, and just because they are not listed doesn't mean they can be violated.
10th Amendment	States that any power not granted to the federal government belongs to the states or to the people.
Amendment 11	The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court concerning a suit brought against a state by a citizen of another state
12th Amendment	How the President and Vice-President are chosen by the Electoral College, making the two positions cooperative, rather than first and second highest vote-getters. It also ensures that anyone who becomes Vice-President must be eligible to become President.
13th Amendment	Abolished slavery
14th Amendment	Ensured that all citizens of all states enjoyed not only rights on the federal level, but on the state level, too. It removed the three-fifths counting of slaves in the census. It ensured that the United States would not pay the debts of rebellious states. It also had several measures designed to ensure the loyalty of legislators who participated on the Confederate side of the Civil War.
15th Amendment	ensures that race cannot be used as a criteria for voting.
16th Amendment	Authorizes the United States to collect income tax without regard to the population of the states.
17th Amendment	Shifted the choosing of Senators from the state legislatures to the people of the states.
18th Amendment	Abolished the sale or manufacture of alcohol in the United States.
19th Amendment	Ensures that gender cannot be used as a criteria for voting.
20th Amendment	Set new start dates for the terms of the Congress and the President, and clarifies how the deaths of Presidents before swearing-in would be handled.
21st Amendment	Repealed the 18th Amendment.
22nd Amendment	Set a limit on the number of times a President could be elected - two four-year terms. It has one exception for a Vice-President who assumes the Presidency after the death or removal of the President, establishing the maximum term of any President to 10 years.
23rd Amendment	Grants the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) the right to three electors in Presidential elections.
24th Amendment	nsured that no tax could be charged to vote for any federal office.
25th Amendment	Clarifies even further the line of succession to the Presidency, and establishes rules for a President who becomes unable to perform his duties while in office.
26th Amendment	Ensures that any person 18 or over may vote.
27th Amendment	Requires that any law that increased the pay of legislators may not take effect until after an election.

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