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27 Cards in this Set
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Abolishes slavery
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Fourteenth Amendment
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guarantees equal protection of the law; repeals the Three-fifths compromise; prohibits repudiation of the federal debt caused by the Civil War
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Fifteenth Amendment
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Forbids the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting
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Sixteenth Amendment
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Income taxes
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Seventeenth Amendment
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Establishes direct election of senators
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Eighteenth Amendment
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Prohibited the manufacturing, importing, and exporting of alcoholic beverages
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Nineteenth Amendment
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Prohibits the federal government and the states from forbidding any citizen to vote due to their sex
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Twentieth Amendment
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Changes details of Congressional and presidential terms and of presidential succession
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Twenty-first Amendment
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Repeals Eighteenth Amendment. Permits states to prohibit the importation of alcoholic beverages
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Twenty-second Amendment
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Limits president to two terms
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First Amendment
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Establishment of religion, free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press, petition and assembly, freedom of association
Court cases: Wisconsin v. Yoder, Mergens v. Westside |
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Second Amendment
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Extent and limitation of the right to bear arms, gun control
Court case: US v. Miller |
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Third Amendment
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Quartering: would not have to give up property for soldiers
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Fourth Amendment
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Proper arrest and warrant procedures: probable cause, exclusionary rule; rights of minors: drug testing
Court case: NJ v. TLO |
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Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, and Seventh Amendment
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Due process, eminent domain and just compensation, trial procedures
Court cases: Miranda v. AZ, US v. Nixon, Gideon v. Wainwright |
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Eighth Amendment
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No excess fines or bail, no cruel or unusual punishments
Court cases: Furman v. Georgia, Capital punishment in Nebraska |
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Ninth Amendment, Tenth Amendment
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Unenumerated rights: unlisted rights (shadows of other rights cover most unlisted)
Reserved powers |
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Eleventh Amendment
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Clarifies judical power over foreign nationals, and limits ability of citizens to sue states in federal courts and under federal law
Court case: Chisholm v. Georgia |
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Twelfth Amendment
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Changes the method of presidential elections so that members of the electoral college cast separate ballots for president and vice president
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Twenty-third Amendment
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Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia
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Twenty-fourth Amendment
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Prohibits the federal government and the states from requiring the payment of a tax as a qualification for voting for federal officials
Court case: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections |
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Twenty-fifth Amendment
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Changes details of presidential succession, provides for temporary removal of president, and provides for replacement of the vice president
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Twenty-sixth Amendment
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Prohibits the federal government and the states from forbidding any citizen of age 18 or greater to vote on account of their age
Court case: Oregon v. Mitchell |
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Twenty-seventh Amendment
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Limits congressional pay raises
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25th
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Presidential succession
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26th
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voting age nationally established to be 18
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27th
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Variance of congressional compensation
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