AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
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Freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly
The right to keep and bear arms
No quartering of soldiers in private houses during peace time
Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, including specific warrants
Due process, self-incrimination, and double jeopardy
Rights of the accused and right to a speedy public trial
Right to trial by jury in civil cases
No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishment
Rights of a person cannot come into conflict with or deny another person’s rights
Unenumerated rights are reserved to the states or to the people
Immunity of states to foreign suits
Revision of presidential election procedures
Abolition of slavery
Citizenship with rights of due process and equal protection
Racial suffrage
Federal income tax
Direct election to the United States Senate
Prohibition of alcohol (repealed by 21st amendment)
Female suffrage
Term commencement for Congress and the President; “lame duck amendment”
Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment, but state and local prohibition permitted
Limits the President to two terms
Representation of Washington, D.C. in Electoral College
Prohibition of poll taxes
Presidential disabilities
Voting age nationally established as age 18
Variance of congressional compensation
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