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Congress Continued
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Amendments and Articles
Constitution Articles
1st Amendment
- Protects basic freedoms like speech, religion, press, and assembly
- Does have limits
- Very important amendment
Article I - Legislative Branch
Article II - Executive Branch
Article III - Judicial Branch
Article IV - State Obligations
Article V - Amending the Constitution
Article VI - Constitution as Supreme Law
Article VII - Process of Ratification
2nd Amendment
Other Amendments
- Right to bear arms
- Very contentious
- Vague wording brings about many problems
- 16th Income Tax is allowed
- 17th Allows for people to elect senators
- 18th makes liquor illegal
- 21st allows it again
- 22nd presidents can only stay in office for 2 terms
Amendments
3rd and 4th
19th 24th and 26th
- We currently have 27 amendments
- These change the constitution and become the highest laws we follow
- Hard to add new ones
- First step:
- 2/3 of Congress has to agree on it
- Second Step:
- 3/4 of states need to ratify (agree)
- Privacy based
- Soldiers can't be housed in your home during peace (3rd)
- No illegal search and seizures (4th)
- Voting Rights
- African Americans can vote (15th)
- Women can vote (19th)
- No more polling taxes (24th)
- Age to vote decreased from 21 to 18 (26th)
5th 6th 7th 8th
13th 14th and 15th
- Civil war amendments
- No more slavery (13th)
- Rights in constitution can't be denied because of race (14th)
- Can't deny vote by race (15th)
- Due process and legal rights
- 5th
- No double jeopardy
- Jailing without reason
- Don't have to testify against self
- Fair and speedy trial (6th)
- Trial by jury (7th)
- No cruel and unusual punishment (8th)
9th and 10th
- Keep government small
- People have rights not laid out here and government can't infringe on them (9th)
- Any power not listed in constitution belongs to the states (10th)
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