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Amendments
Description | Amendment # |
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Right to Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition | 1 |
Right to Bear Arms | 2 |
Quartering of Soldiers | 3 |
Search and Seizure | 4 |
Right to a Grand Jury, No Double-Jeopardy, No Self-Incrimination, Due Process | 5 |
"Rights of the Accused" in Prosecutions: Rights to a Jury Trial Right to Confront Opposing Witnesses Right to Counsel | 6 |
Right to a Jury Trail in Civil Court Cases | 7 |
No Excessive Bail or Cruel and Unusual Punishment | 8 |
Non-Enumerated Rights (Human Rights are not limited to written Amendments) | 9 |
Rights Reserved to the States | 10 |
Sets Limits on When a State can be Sued | 11 |
Election of President and Vice-President (Election requirements and voting percentages) | 12 |
Abolition of Slavery | 13 |
Defines Citizenship, Equal Protection, and Prevents States from Infringing on Rights | 14 |
Equal Voting Rights (For all Men) | 15 |
Federal Income Tax | 16 |
Election of Senators (People vote, not the State Legislature) | 17 |
Prohibited Production, Transport, and Sale of Alcohol | 18 |
Women's Right to Vote | 19 |
Presidency Commencement and Succession Process | 20 |
Repealed the 18th Amendment (18th: Prohibition of Alcohol) | 21 |
Two-Term Presidency Limit | 22 |
District of Columbia Votes in Presidential Elections | 23 |
Poll Tax in Federal Elections Banned | 24 |
Presidential Vacancy, Disability, and Inability | 25 |
Right to Vote at Age 18 | 26 |
Prevents Congress from raising their own pay during the current session | 27 |