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Amendments

1-27 Amendments

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1st the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition government.
2nd the right to bear arms.
3rd prohibits the quartering of soldiers in homes in peacetime.
4th no unreasonable searches and seizures.
5th no self-incrimination.
6th the right to a speedy trial.
7th the right to jury trial in civil suits involving $20 or more.
8th no excessive bail or fines or cruel or unusual punishment.
9th any rights not listed belong to the people.
10th any other rights not listed belong to the states.
11th set limits on when a state can be sued.
12th electors must specifically name who they want to be president and vice president.
13th freed slaves everywhere in the united states that made slavery illegal.
14th equal protection under law (due process).
15th guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on race, color, or previous conditions of servitude.
16th gives the federal government the power to collect income tax.
17th allows voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators.
18th prohibition.
19th granted women the right to vote.
20th changed the date that the president, vice president, and members of congress start to january, and it says who becomes president if the president cannot start serving immediately (Lame Duck Amendment).
21st prohibition end.
22nd prevents a president from serving more than two terms or more than ten years.
23rd district of columbia extended voting.
24th outlaws poll tax.
25th provides the procedures for replacing the president or vice president in the event of death, removal, resignation, or incapacitation.
26th extended the right to vote to all americans aged 18 and older by lowering the federal voting age from 21.
27th prevents members of congress from granting themselves pay raises during the current session.
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