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17 Cards in this Set
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XI(11)law suit against states
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one from another state cannot sue another state. deals with each state's sovereign immunity. was adopted to overrule the U.S supreme. |
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XII(12) presidential elections
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is the right to elect a president. Also the right to choose a vice president. It's not a majority vote for one person. |
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XIII(13) abolition of slavery
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it was the amendment to abolish slavery.the congress has the power to enforce it. slavery cannot exist in the united states. |
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XIV(14)civil rights
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any person born in the united states is a citizen. the states cannot take your property without going through the property. no state shall make or enforce laws |
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XV(15) black suffrage
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people are allowed to vote no matter what color or race or gender. the congress shall have power to enforce this article. |
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XVI(16) income taxes
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the congress shall have power to collect taxes. they can take it from whatever source derived. among all the states |
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XVII(17)senatorial elections
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the senate of the united states shall not be composed of two senators from each states. each senator will have one vote. this amendment shall not be so construed. |
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XVIII(18)prohibition of liquor
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you cannot make and sell intoxication to other people. |
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XIX(19) women's suffrage
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the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied. |
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XX(20) terms of office
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the terms of the president and vice shall end at noon. the congress shall assemble at least once in every year. |
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XXI(21)repeal of prohibition
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the 18th article of amendment to the constitution of the united states is hereby repealed. the transportation or importation into state, territory, or possession of the united states for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws. the article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the constitution by conventions. |
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XXII(22) terms limits for the presidency
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no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice, and no person who has held the office of president, or acted as president. for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of the president . |
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XXIII(23) Washington, D.C., suffrage
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A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. |
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XXIV(24)abolition of poll taxes
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. |
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XXV(25) presidential succession
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In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. |
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XXVI(26) 18 year old suffrage
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when you reach of 18 you are allowed to vote for on. they shall not be denied. the congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. |
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XXVI(27) congressional pay raises
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No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. |
