The Amendments The 1 st 10 amendments to

The Amendments The 1 st 10 amendments to the constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were added to pacify the Anti-Federalist who would not vote to ratify the constitution without them.

1 st Amendment • Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition (petition means to ask).

Limits to 1 st Amendment • • Slander – Involves the spoken word. Libel – Involves the written word. Censorship – Banning certain speech or literature. Political Correctness - ? ? ? ?

Political Correctness? • #1 The Missouri State Fair has permanently banned a rodeo clown from performing just because he wore an Obama mask, and now all of the other rodeo clowns are being required to take “sensitivity training“… • #2 Government workers in Seattle have been told that they should no longer use the words “citizen” and “brown bag” because they are potentially offensive. • #3 A Florida police officer recently lost his job for calling Trayvon Martin a “thug” on Facebook. • #4 “Climate change deniers” are definitely not wanted at the U. S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was recently quoted as making the following statement: “I hope there are no climate-change deniers in the Department of Interior”. • #5 A professor at Ball State University was recently banned from even mentioning the concept of intelligent design because it would supposedly “violate the academic integrity” of the course that he was teaching.

Political Correctness • • • #6 The mayor of Washington D. C. recently asked singer Donnie Mc. Clurkin not to attend his own concert because of his views on homosexuality. #7 All over America, liberal commentators are now suggesting that football has become “too violent” and “too dangerous” and that it needs to be substantially toned down. In fact, one liberal columnist for the Boston Globe is even proposing that football should be banned for anyone under the age of 14. #8 A judge down in North Carolina has ruled that it is unconstitutional for North Carolina to offer license plates that say “Choose Life” on them. #9 The governor of California has signed a bill into law which will allow transgendered students to use whatever bathrooms and gym facilities that they would like… Transgendered students in California will now have the right to use whichever bathrooms they prefer and join either the boys’ or girls’ sports teams, thanks to landmark legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday. #10 In San Francisco, authorities have installed small plastic “privacy screens” on library computers so that perverts can continue to exercise their “right” to watch pornography at the library without children being directly exposed.

Political Correctness • #11 In America today, there are many groups that are absolutely obsessed with eradicating every mention of God out of the public sphere. For example, an elementary school in North Carolina ordered a little six-year-old girl to remove the word “God” from a poem that she wrote to honor her two grandfathers that had served in the Vietnam War. • #12 A high school track team was disqualified earlier this year because one of the runners “made a gesture thanking God” once he had crossed the finish line. • #13 Earlier this year, a Florida Atlantic University student that refused to stomp on the name of Jesus was banned from class. • #14 A student at Sonoma State University was ordered to take off a cross that she was wearing because someone “could be offended“. • #15 A teacher in New Jersey was fired for giving his own Bible to a student that did not own one.

Political Correctness • #16 Volunteer chaplains for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have been banned from using the name of Jesus on government property. • #17 According to a new Army manual, U. S. soldiers will now be instructed to avoid “any criticism of pedophilia” and to avoid criticizing “anything related to Islam”. The following is from a Judicial Watch article… • The draft leaked to the newspaper offers a list of “taboo conversation topics” that soldiers should avoid, including “making derogatory comments about the Taliban, ” “advocating women’s rights, ” “any criticism of pedophilia, ” “directing any criticism towards Afghans, ” “mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct” or “anything related to Islam. ” • #18 The Obama administration has banned all U. S. government agencies from producing any training materials that link Islam with terrorism. In fact, the FBI has gone back and purged references to Islam and terrorism from hundreds of old documents. • #19 According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, it is illegal for employers to discriminate against criminals because it has a “disproportionate” impact on minorities.

2 nd Amendment • Right to Bear Arms

Perspectives on 2 nd Amendment

3 rd Amendment • Prevents the lodging of troops in private homes (during peacetime).

3 rd Amendment

4 th Amendment • Prevents Illegal Searches and Seizures (Warrants and Probable Cause)

5 th Amendment • Criminal Proceedings (Due Process) – Indictment – to formally accuse – Prevents Double Jeopardy – being tried for the same crime twice – Prevents Self Incrimination – Eminent Domain – Power of govt. to take private property for public use.

Modified 5 th Amendment? ?

6 th Amendment • Right to a speedy trial by jury. – Must be informed of charges – Right to cross examination – Right to an attorney (Gideon vs. Wainright)

7 th Amendment • Right to a trial by jury in Civil Cases (if amount is over $20) Right may be waved to a trial by Judge (Judy, Wapner etc…. )

8 th Amendment • No Cruel or Unusual Punishment • No Excessive Bail or Fine

Death Penalty

9 th Amendment • Powers reserved to the people. (There are more Civil Rights than what may be listed in the constitution.

10 th Amendment • Powers reserved to the States. (The states has all those powers not given to the Federal Govt. by the Constitution.

11 th Amendment • Immunity of States from certain suits - States may not be sued by citizens of another state or foreign country or one of its own residents.

What’s The Spin?

12 th Amendment • Changes Electoral College Procedures (Votes for President and Vice Pres. Are separate – Vice President must meet same qualifications as president.

13 th Amendment • Outlawed Slavery

14 th Amendment • Provides for citizenship by birth or naturalization. (The process by which a person becomes a U. S. citizen. )

14 th Amendment

14 th Amendment

15 th Amendment • No denial of vote due to race, color or previous condition of servitude.

16 th Amendment • Income Tax

$17 Trillion in Debt Every person in U. S. owes $50, 000

17 th Amendment • Popular Election of Senators. If there is a vacancy, the Governor can appoint one until an election can be held. Previously there were elected by State Legislatures.

18 th Amendment • Prohibition – Outlawed the making, selling, transporting, importing, and exporting of liquor.

19 th Amendment • Women’s Suffrage: Suffrage (the right to vote) 1920.

20 th Amendment • Presidential Terms, Sessions of Congress. – President takes office the 20 th of January. – Previously it was March 4 th – Session of Congress begins January 3 rd. – Also known as “Lame Duck” amendment

21 st Amendment • Repeal (Overturned) Prohibition

22 nd Amendment • Limits on Presidential Terms (2 terms or 10 years. ) • Roosevelt served 4 terms. • George Washington set precedent. (Not Legal)

23 rd Amendment • District of Columbia Electoral Votes (3) • 3 Because it is the minimum number that a state would have.

24 th Amendment • Outlawed a Poll Tax (fee required to vote)

25 th Amendment • Presidential Succession and Disability. Vice Presidential Vacancy – John Tyler 1 st to succeed (Harrison-Pneumonia) – President nominates Vice-Pres. – V. P. becomes ACTING Pres. If Pres. Is not capable of fulfilling his duties until a written declaration from Pres. States otherwise. Sets up a means of removing Pres. If he is incapable and does not know it.

26 th Amendment • Vote at age 18

27 th Amendment • Limits Congressional Pay Raises To Next Term.