Review 2 Bill of Rights 1 st Amendment

Review # 2

Bill of Rights 1 st Amendment • Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly and petition

Bill of Rights 2 nd Amendment • Right to bear arms

Bill of Rights 3 rd Amendment • Right to not have to quarter or house soldiers

Bill of Rights 4 th Amendment Right to be free from unreasonable search & seizures

Bill of Rights 5 th Amendment Right to a grand jury, no double jeopardy, freedom from selfincrimination, due process of law

Bill of Rights 6 th Amendment Right to be informed of charges, be present when witnesses speak in court, right to call witnesses, right to a lawyer

Bill of Rights 8 th Amendment Freedom from excessive bail, and cruel and unusual punishment

Bill of Rights 9 th Amendment Guarantee of rights not listed in Constitution - the people keep the rights not listed in the Bill of Rights • The rights in the Constitution are not the only ones the people get • Anti-federalist argument - wanted to protect themselves against a strong, central government

Bill of Rights 9 th Amendment - Example • freedom of association implied in the First Amendment

Bill of Rights 10 th Amendment Rights of states and people - All powers not written in the Constitution belong to the state government • idea of federalism

Bill of Rights 13 th Amendment Abolished slavery

Bill of Rights 14 th Amendment Right to have equal protection of law • Reconstruction amendment • granting citizenship to former slaves • due process of law and equal protection of the law now applied to both the Federal and state governments

Bill of Rights 15 th Amendment Right of black men to vote

Bill of Rights 18 th Amendment Prohibition of alcohol

Bill of Rights 19 th Amendment Women’s suffrage

Bill of Rights 21 st Amendment Repeal of Prohibition

Bill of Rights 22 nd Amendment Limitation of Presidential term • can serve only 2 terms • 4 years + 4 years = 8 years • If more than two years of the Presidential term remain when the Vice President assumes office, the new President may serve only one additional term

Bill of Rights 26 th Amendment 18 year olds can vote • March 1971