Amendments to the United States Constitution/Related Articles
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- First Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Second Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Third Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Prohibits quartering soldiers in private homes during peacetime [e]
- Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Security of persons and possessions against unreasonable search and seizure, sets limits on search warrants [e]
- Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Requires indictment by Grand Jury for capital cases, prohibits double jeopardy and self-incrimination, requires due process for punishment and compensation for taking property:
Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. [e]
- Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Right to speedy trial, jury, confront witnesses, compel witnesses, assistance of counsel in criminal cases. [e]
- Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Right to trial by jury in civil cases over $20, limit on re-examining facts decided by jury. [e]
- Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Limits "cruel and unusual" punishments for crimes [e]
- Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: List of rights is not exhaustive [e]
- Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution [r]: Reserves all powers, not expressly delegated to the national government, to the states. [e]
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- Bill of Rights (United States) [r]: The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution which were ratified in 1791 to preserve select rights for citizens. [e]
- President of the United States of America [r]: Head of State of the United States of America; elected through an electoral college; appointer of cabinet members and federal judges (with Senate confirmation) [e]
- U.S. Constitution [r]: The document defining the fundamental purpose and structure of the United States government; it became effective in 1789. [e]
- United States of America [r]: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]
- Reconstruction [r]: The attempt from 1865 to 1877 in American history to resolve the issues of the American Civil War. [e]
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