Goverment

  • Second Amendent

    Second Amendent

    individual's right to keep and bear arms
  • sixth amendment

    sixth amendment

    It guarantees criminal defendants a range of rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and legal counsel. It also gives the accused the right to be informed of the charges against them and to confront and compel witnesses in their favor.
  • third amendemnt

    third amendemnt

    prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
  • First amendment

    First amendment

    that protects five fundamental freedoms: religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  • fourth amendment

    fourth amendment

    protect against unreasonable searches and seizures.
  • fifth amendment

    fifth amendment

    several protections against governmental abuse of criminal law, including the right to a grand jury indictment, protection against double jeopardy, the right to due process, protection against self-incrimination, and the requirement for just compensation for private property taken for public use.
  • seventh amendment

    seventh amendment

    right to a jury trial in certain civil cases in federal courts
  • eight amendment

    eight amendment

    prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
  • tenth amendment

    tenth amendment

    It states that any powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, are reserved to the states or the people.
  • ninth amenment

    ninth amenment

    The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
  • 11th amendent

    11th amendent

    protects states from being sued in federal court by citizens of other states or foreign countries
  • 12th amendment

    12th amendment

    protects states from being sued in federal court by citizens of other states or foreign countries
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime for which a person has been convicted
  • 13th amedment

    13th amedment

    abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime for which a person has been convicted
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    denying any citizen the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  • 16th amendment

    16th amendment

    grants Congress the power to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states based on population
  • 17th amendemnt

    17th amendemnt

    for the direct election of U.S. senators by the people of their home states