27 Amendments Flashcards
1st Amendment
Free speech, press, religion, and assembly
2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment
No (involuntarily) quartering soldiers in home - “Three’s a crowd”
4th Amendment
No unreasonable searches and seizures - “Four doors on a car”
5th Amendment
Double jeopardy, Due process, “I plead the fifth,” cannot be tried for the same crime twice, EMINENT DOMAIN
6th Amendment
Right to a speedy and public trial and right to lawyer and counsel (jury in criminal cases; also article III)
7th Amendment
Right to trial by jury in civil cases (Lucky number 777)
8th Amendment
No excessive bail, fines, cruel/unusual punishments
9th Amendment
Your rights are not limited to just the rights in The Constitution
10th Amendment
Powers not delegated to Congress or denied to states are reserved for states - “Federal laws are what are wriTEN”
11th Amendment
No federal cases between a citizen and state (without the state’s consent) - “1 on 1”
12th Amendment
The Electoral College will vote separately for president and VP rather than together in
one ballot - “1 ballot, 2nd ballot”
13th Amendment
Slavery is outlawed
14th Amendment
Citizenship to former slaves and anyone born on U.S. Soil=
Equal protection
15th Amendment
Right to vote can't be denied by race
16th Amendment
Congress can levy individual income taxes - Turn 16=job
17th Amendment
Direct election of senators by the people of their state (not chosen by state legislatures) - “senators seventeen”
18th Amendment
Prohibition of liquors
19th Amendment
Women have the right to vote
20th Amendment
Dates for inauguration, Congress’s session - lame duck
21st Amendment
Repeal of prohibition - drink up
22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice
23rd Amendment
D.C. residents’ can vote for president - 23 DC
24th Amendment
Ban on poll taxes- 24, no poll taxes at the door
25th Amendment
if the President becomes unable to do their job, the Vice President becomes the President
26th Amendment
18yo can vote not - 2+6=18
27th Amendment
Reps cannot set their own pay
