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The Amendments

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show Freedom of religion, freedom to speak, freedom to press, and the right of the people to assemble.  
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show The right to bear arms, to have a weapon to protect yourself  
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show No quartering soldiers, in time of peace.  
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Amendment 4   show
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show A person can't be tried more than once for the same crime. Members of the military can't be trailed in court material, and a person can't be forced in any criminal case to be a witness against themselves.  
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show A state can't make an accused person go to jail for a long time, while they wait to have a trial, and the trial must be open to the public so that a jury must hear witness and evidence on both sides, before decide the person is innocent or guilty.  
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show Civil Trial Rights, the right in a civil case to a jury trial, After a jury decides the if the person accused is guilty or innocent, no judge can overrule the jury's decision.  
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Amendment 8   show
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show The rights listed in the constitution aren't the only rights people can have, there aren't certain rights.  
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Amendment 10   show
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show A person can't sue a state in a federal court  
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show When electing a President & a Vice President, the electors have to cast separate ballots for each office. The votes for each office are counted and listed separately. The candidate who receives the most votes, is elected President.  
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show A person can't own a slave or a servant, except if the condition is imposed on an individual as punishment or crime.  
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show citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and rights to former slaves.  
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Amendment 15   show
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Amendment 16   show
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show Each state gets 2 senators They are be elected by the people of the state instead of appointed by the state legislature. They get elected for six years & They each get one vote  
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Amendment 18   show
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Amendment 19   show
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show After an election year, the President and Vice President end their term on January 20, & If the president has died The Vice-President is next in line to the presidency.  
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Amendment 21   show
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show No person can be elected as president more than twice, and no person can hold the office of the President, or act as President, and Presidents that were elected to the office can't be Presidents a second time.  
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Amendment 23   show
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show Banning any poll tax in elections for federal officials.  
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Amendments 25   show
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show Citizens of the United States, 18 and older are allowed to vote.  
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Amendment 27   show
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