Constitution Day

2. Guarantees rights of people accused of crimes, including a speedy and public trial and the right to an attorney.
4. Limits lawsuits against states in federal court.
7. Protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
9. Protects the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases.
11. Prevents soldiers from being housed in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.
14. Defines citizenship and guarantees equal protection and due process under the law.
16. Establishes procedures for presidential succession and addresses what happens when a president cannot perform the duties of the office.
17. Gives women the constitutional right to vote.
19. Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures and generally requires warrants to be based on probable cause.
21. Gives residents of Washington, D.C., electoral votes in presidential elections.
22. Lowers the voting age to 18
24. Protects rights such as due process and includes protections against being forced to testify against yourself and being tried twice for the same crime.
25. Establishes the direct election of U.S. senators by the people.
26. Says that people have other rights beyond those specifically listed in the Constitution.

1. Says that changes to congressional pay cannot take effect until after an election for the House of Representatives has occurred.
3. Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections.
5. Established Prohibition by banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors.
6. Abolishes slavery in the United States, except as punishment for a crime after conviction.
8. Prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
10. Says powers not given to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people.
12. First ten amendments of the constitution.
13. Moves the beginning of presidential and congressional terms from March to January.
15. Prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments.
16. Limits a president to being elected to the office of president no more than twice.
18. Repeals Prohibition.
20. Changes how the president and vice president are elected by the Electoral College.
23. Allows Congress to collect a federal income tax.
24. Protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.