constitution amendments
Anthony Rozzel
1st amendment
gives right to press, religion, speech, peaceful assemble, and veto. without these rights there would be no news reports, your speech would be limited, you would not be able to protest unjustness or vote against a law, and reject proposal
2nd amendment
3rd amendment
protects from soldiers living in your home. without this soldiers can just walk in your home and live there. this is really appreciated because no one wants a soldier to come in there house and just decide he can eat all your food and sleep in your bed.
4th amendment
no illegal search or seizure of property. this means the police cannot search you without a warrant. so you don't have to worry about cops rolling in you house in the dead of the night trying to accuse you of a crime you didn't do.
5th amendment
right to remain silent, double jepordy, eminent domain, Due process, Grand jury. this amendment help you keep yourself from looking guilty. so may remain silent and not answer questions on arrest that could make you look guilty.
6th amendment
7th amendment
8th amendment
forbids excessive fines, bail, and cruel and unusual punishment. this protects you from cruel and unusual punishment. basically, you won't have to worry about getting stoned for littering.
9th amendment
10th amendment
11th amendment
12th amendment
revises president election procedures. just keeps the way the president is elected the same so requirements don't change and not just anybody could be president.
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
forbids denial of rights to based on race or religion. tries to create equality between races and give everyone same rights wether race or religion.
16th amendment
17th amendment
18th amendment
19th amendment
20th amendment
Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President and Senators and Representatives end and begin. this just give president run times and makes sure they don't hold office too long.
21st amendment
repeals the 18th amendment. allows consumption and sale of alcohol back in the u.s.
22nd amendment
Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once.
23rd amendment
24th amendment
prohibits revoking voting rights due to non payment poll tax. this is saying your voting right cannot be taken away from you because of payment to poll tax.
25th amendment
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.
26th amendment
Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. this simply changes age requirement for voting to 18.