1-20 Amendments Flashcards
2nd amendment
Right to bare arms
1st amendment
Freedom of: Religion, Speech, Press, assembly, and petition
3rd Amendment
No quartering of troops in times of peace
4th Amendment
No unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment
No federal criminal trial without first an indictment from a Grand Jury
No Double Jeopardy
No Self-incrimination.
Life, Liberty or Property cannot be deprived without Due Process of Law
Eminent Domain
6th Amendment
A right to a speedy or public trial
7th Amendment
In trials where the limit exceeds $20, you have the right to a trial by jury
8th amendment
No excessive bail
No excessive fines
No cruel and unusual punishment
9th amendment
Rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people.
10th amendment
Powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states.
11th Amendment
The 11th Amendment disallows a lawsuit against a state in federal court by a resident of another state.
12th Amendment
The 12th Amendment “corrects” the way the Electoral College
votes for the President.
13th Amendment
Abolishes Slavery (Civil war Amendment)
14th Amendment
Defines citizenship
No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Equal protection of the law (Civil War Amendment)
15th Amendment
Right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. (Civil War Amendment)
