The 27 Amendments and their meanings
1st Amendment: Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
2nd Amendment: Right to keep and bear arms 3rd Amendment: Lodging troops in private homes 4th Amendment: Search, seizures, and proper warrant 5th Amendment: Criminal proceedings, due process, eminent domain 6th Amendment: Right to trial in criminal cases 7th Amendment: Right to jury trials in most civil cases 8th Amendment: Bail, cruel and unusual punishment 9th Amendment: Unenumerated rights 10th Amendment: Power reserved to the states 11th Amendment: Immunity of states from certain suits 12th Amendment: Separate voting for President and Vice President 13th Amendment: Prohibition of slavery 14th Amendment: Citizenship, due process, equal protection 15th Amendment: No denial of vote because of race, color, or previous state of servitude 16th Amendment: Power of congress to tax incomes 17th Amendment: Popular election of U.S. senators 18th Amendment: Prohibition of alcohol 19th Amendment: Women's suffrage 20th Amendment: Change of dates for start of presidential/congressional terms 21st Amendment: Repeal of prohibition 22nd Amendment: Limit on presidential tenures 23rd Amendment: District of Columbia electoral vote 24th Amendment: Ban on poll tax payment on voter qualification 25th Amendment: Presidential succesion, vice presidental vacancy, presidential disability 26th Amendment: Minimum voting age no higher than 18 27th Amendment: Congressional pay |
1. You are allowed to express how you feel without being punished
2. You have the right to own and possess guns or reasonable weapon 3. Troops aren't allowed to stay in your home that is not a time of war 4. Police aren't allowed to search or seize possessions without a warrant 5. You have your rights i.e. due process, self-incrimination, Double-Jepordy 6. They cannot accuse you or put you in jail without a going trial 7. You have the right seek a jury during a trial in most civil cases 8. You are allowed bail and you cannot be punished by cruel and unusual means 9. Your rights are made clear and understandable 10. Your state has powers that the National Government doesn't: such as marriage 11. You have the rich to sue the Federal government of your state if they violate your rights 12.They make two votes: One for President, and one for Vice President 13. Slavery is now illegal; everyone is equal 14. A U.S. Citizen is treated equally and fairly to other and cannot be deprived of life, property, or liberty without proper steps taken i.e. due process 15. You cannot deny someone's voting rights because of their background and their looks 16. Congress can tax what you make at your job 17. The State's people can determine who represents them 18. Alcohol was banned and was a crime to sell, buy, or carry 19. Women were given rights and were on their way up the ladder of self-empowerment 20. Created so the President and Vice President can take office closer to the election time 21. The ban was lifted from alcohol and is now legal but with restrictions 22. A President cannot be elected more than two time in their lifetime 23. Washington D.C. not being an actual state now has a say in the Presidential Election 24.Forbids voters from paying a fee before voting in a National Election 25. If the President dies, the Vice President takes his place and so on 26. The U.S. cannot deny voting rights because of age 27. An increase in congressional pay doesn't take effect until their next year of office |