The Amendments

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  1. 3. Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy
  2. 6. Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
  3. 8. Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment and prohibits violations of state laws regarding alcohol
  4. 12. Prohibits forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime
  5. 14. Fixes the dates of term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20); known as the "lame duck amendment"
  6. 15. Prohibition
  7. 16. Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes
  8. 17. Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until the beginning of the next session of Congress
  9. 20. Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause
  10. 22. Protects rights not enumerated in the constitution
  11. 23. Freedom of religion, press, speech and the right to assemble and petition the government
  12. 24. Allows the federal government to collect income tax
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  1. 1. Prohibits excessive fines, excessive bail, and cruel and unusual punishment
  2. 2. Codifies the Tyler Precedent; defines the process of presidential succession
  3. 3. Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  4. 4. Right to vote for those age 18 years or older
  5. 5. 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
  6. 7. Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote
  7. 9. Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues
  8. 10. Limits the president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years (i.e., if a Vice President serves not more than one half of a President's term, he or she can be elected to a further two terms)
  9. 11. Women’s suffrage
  10. 13. Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution
  11. 17. Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College
  12. 18. Right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law
  13. 19. Revises presidential election procedures
  14. 21. Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity
  15. 24. Right to bear arms