Amendments

26th amendment

18 year-olds are given the right to vote (voting age lowered from 21)

17th amendment

Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote

18th amendment

Establishes the prohibition of alcohol

20th amendment

Fixes the dates of term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20); known as the "lame duck amendment"; reduces the amount of time between the election of the President and Congress and the beginning of their terms

6th amendment

Guarantees the right to a speedy, impartial public trial (trial by jury) in criminal cases with counsel and the right to cross examine. Also the right to a lawyer. Speedy, impartial PUBLIC trial, cross examination, and THE RIGHT TO A LAWYER

11th amendment

Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

27th amendment

Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until the beginning of the next session of Congress; limits the power of congress to increase its own salaries

24th amendment

Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes; bans the poll tax as a method for qualifying people to vote in federal elections

12th amendment

Revises presidential election procedures: added the separation of the president and vice president onto two different ballots, establishes electoral college procedure

1st amendment

The Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from interfering in people's religious practices. The Establishment Clause prohibits the government from setting up a national religion. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

What was the 10th amendment known as?

The Reserved Power Amendment to the States

What were the 13th-15th amendements knowns as?

The civil war amendments

13th amendment

abolishes slavery in the US, this amendment freed all slaves without compensation to the slaveowners. It legally forbade slavery in the United States

16th amendment

allowed the federal government to collect income tax

23rd amendment

citizens in DC are given the right to vote in the presidential election

14th amendment

declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed due process and equal protection of the laws

15th amendment

grants African American men the right to vote; citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

5th amendment

guarantees due process (a legal proceeding carried out in according to established rules and principals) of law when a person is accused and tried of a crime. Also no double jeopardy (they can't be charged for the same crime more than once)

7th amendment

guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases involving more than $20 and asserts that cases may not be re-examined by another court.

22nd amendment

limits the number of times that someone can be elected president to two times (no more than 2 terms as president per person)

9th amendment

limits the power of the federal government to those powers granted to the government in the Constitution. It provides that the naming of certain rights in the Constitution does not take away from the people rights that are not named. _-PROBS SOME CLARITY TO COME_-essentially means that the rights listed in preceding amendments (e.g., speech, religion, fair trial) are not the only rights the people have; it recognizes that there are rights that were simply not mentioned and that unenumerated rights are no less important than enumerated ones.

8th amendment

prevents judges from setting excessive bail or handing out cruel unusual punishments. Most death penalty cases center around this amendment

25th amendment

procedures for determining presidential disability, presidential succession, and filling a vice-presidential vacancy

21st amendment

repeals the prohibition of alcohol (18th amendment)

4th amendment

right of the people to secure in their person, papers, house, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Deals with PRIVACY

10th amendment

the powers not delegated to the United States/ federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or the people.

3rd amendment

the quartering of troops in homes is only permitted with the consent of the house owner

2nd amendment

the right to bear arms

19th amendment

women receive the right to vote