1. 27 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

2.
1st AMENDMENT
Freedom speech, press, religion, petition, assembly

3. 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms

4. 3rd Amendment
I don’t think so.
No quartering troops (peace time)

5. NO illegal search and seizure
4th AMENDMENT
NO illegal search and seizure
Katz v. United States – public phone

6. 5th Amendment
NO double jeopardy; no self-incrimination; eminent domain

7. 6th Amendment
Speedy trial by jury of your peers and to have an attorney
CRIMINAL CASES

8. 7th Amendment
Civil Trials – right to jury in Federal cases over $20

9. 8th Amendment
No cruel and Unusual Punishment
No Excessive
Bail

10. 9th Amendment
Rights not written in the Constitution belong to the people
Garner v. Texas 2003
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965

11. 10th AMENDMENT
Powers reserved for states (“Reserved Powers Amendment”)
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.”
Marriage
Schools
Drinking

12. 11th Amendment
No lawsuits against states.
VS.

13. 12th Amendment
Election of President and Vice President (on same ballot)
Electoral College

14. 13th Amendment
Outlawed slavery

15. 14th Amendment Plyler v. Doe
Equal protection (“due process amendment”) “
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Plyler v. Doe

16. 15th Amendment
Right to vote – BLACK males

17. 16th Amendment
Federal Income Tax established

18. 17th Amendment
Popular election of Senators
2 Senators per state =

19. 18th Amendment
Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors.

20. 19th Amendment
Equal Suffrage for women

21. 20th Amendment TERMS of Congress & President/VP begin
Jan. 3 = Congress
Jan. 20 = President/VP

22. 21st Amendment
Repeal of the 18th Amendment

23. 22nd Amendment 2-four year terms or 10 years total
Set Presidential Term limits (thanks FDR)
2-four year terms or
10 years total

24. 23rd Amendment
Set Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia
for

25. 24th Amendment
Right to vote in Federal Elections-NO POLL TAX

26. 25th Amendment Set line for Presidential Succession

27. 26th Amendment
Right to vote - Age 18

28. 27th Amendment
Congressional Pay – raises limited to next term