Judicial Branch Project
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
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1st amendment
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.
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2nd Amendment
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.
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3. Prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.
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4. Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate.
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5. Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
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6. Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel.
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7. Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.
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8. Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
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10. Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution.
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11. Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.
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13. Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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14. Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause
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15. Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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16. Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.
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18. Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. (Repealed December 5, 1933)
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19. Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.
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20. Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.
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21. Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use in violation of applicable laws.
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22. Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president
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24. Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax.
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25. Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
26. Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.
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