Constitutional Amendments
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| Freedom of Speech | 1st Amendment
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| Right to maintain militia and citizens to bear arms | 2nd Amendment
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| Restricts quartering of troops | 3rd Amendment
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| Protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures" | 4th Amendment
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| Protects against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and government seizure of property without just compensation | 5th Amendment
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| Right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury | 6th Amendment
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| Right to jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions) | 7th Amendment
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| Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment | 8th Amendment
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| Provides that people's rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1-8 | 9th Amendment
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| Powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people | 10th Amendment
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| A state cannot be sued in federal court by citizens of another state or of another country | 11th Amendment
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| Requires Electoral College to use separate ballots in voting for president and vice president | 12th Amendment
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| Outlaws slavery | 13th Amendment
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| A state cannot deprive anyone life, liberty, or property without due process of law. | 14th Amendment
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| Prohibits the government from denying a person's right to vote on the basis of race. | 15th Amendment
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| Congress has the power to levy income taxes | 16th Amendment
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| States that people, instead of state legislatures, elect United States legislatures | 17th Amendment
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| Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages | 18th Amendment
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| Women right to vote | 19th Amendment
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| Shortened time between a presidential election and inauguration by designating January 20 as Inauguration Day; set January 3 as the date for the opening of a new Congress | 20th Amendment
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| Repealed the 18th Amendment | 21st Amendment
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| Limits presidents to a maximum of 2 elected terms | 22nd Amendment
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| Grants citizens of Washington D.C. the right to vote for president and vice president | 23rd Amendment
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| Outlaws poll taxes | 24th Amendment
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| Provides for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapacity and for filling vacancies in the office of vice president | 25th Amendment
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| 18-year olds have the right to vote | 26th Amendment
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| Banned Congress from increasing its member' salaries until after the next election | 27th Amendment
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