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Government Unit 1

Articles and Amendments

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1st Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise, speech, press, etc.
2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms
3rd Amendment Right to refuse quartering of soldiers in your home during a time of peace
4th Amendment No unnecessary searches or seizures/ valid warrant
5th Amendment Prohibits abuse of governmental authority in legal procedures. Establishes rules for indictment by eminent domain and grand jury. Guarantees the due process rights. Protects citizens from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
6th Amendment Guarantees fair and speedy jury trial and the rights to know the accusation, the accuser, and to find counsel and witnesses.
7th Amendment Reserves individuals' rights to jury trial depending on the civil case, and cases already examined by not be re-opened by another court.
8th Amendment Forbids exorbitant bails and fines and punishment that is unusual or cruel.
9th Amendment Reserves the rights of citizens which are not specifically mentioned by the U.S. Constitution.
10th Amendment Reserves powers that are not given to the U.S. government under the Constitution, nor prohibited to a State of the U.S., to the people and the States.
11th Amendment State sovereign immunity. States are protected from suits by citizens living in another state or foreigners that do not reside within the state borders.
12th Amendment Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing vice-presidents and presidents.
13th Amendment Except as punishment for criminal offense, forbids forced-slavery and involuntary servitude.
14th Amendment Details Equal Protection Clause, Due Process Clause, Citizenship Clause, and clauses dealing with the Confederacy and its officials.
15th Amendment Reserves citizens the suffrage rights regardless of their race, color, or previous slave status.
16th Amendment Reserves the U.S. government the right to tax income.
17th Amendment Establishes popular voting as the process under which senators are elected.
18th Amendment Denies the sale and consumption of alcohol.
19th Amendment Reserves women's suffrage rights.
20th Amendment Also known as the "lame duck amendment," establishes date of term starts for Congress (January 3) & the President (January 20).
21st Amendment Details the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. State laws over alcohol are to remain.
22nd Amendment Limit the terms that an individual can be elected as president (at most two terms). Individuals who have served over two years of someone else's term may not be elected more than once.
23rd Amendment Reserves the right of citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for their own Electors for presidential elections.
24th Amendment Citizens cannot be denied the suffrage rights for not paying a poll tax or any other taxes.
25th Amendment Establishes the procedures for a successor of a President.
26th Amendment Reserves the right for citizens 18 and older to vote.
27th Amendment Denies any laws that vary the salaries of Congress members until the beginning of the next terms of office for Representatives.
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