Remembering the Amendments

Amendments

A Review

First AmendmentReligion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech;

the FIRST thing you do is learn how to SPEAK

And RAPPS

But How do I remember it???

Second AmendmentRight to Bear Arms

A bear has TWO ARMS

But How do I remember it???

Third Amendment

No quartering of troops unless there is a war. Not here

Three’s a CROWD

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Forth Amendment

No search without a warrant

We searched 4 a WARRANT.

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Fifth Amendment

 Due process and protection of property; The right to remain silent

I plead the 5th

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Sixth Amendment

Fair and speedy trial

SPEEDY

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Seventh Amendment

Right to a jury trial in civil cases

But How do I remember it???

Seven is your lucky number for justice by a jury.

Eighth Amendment

   No cruel and unusual punishment; 

EIGHT says you can’t “ATE” me.

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Ninth Amendment

   Rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution should not be assumed not

to exist

#9 Says more rights are MINEThe 9 looks like a P written backward. P

stands for POWER to the PEOPLE

But How do I remember it???

Tenth Amendment

   Rights of the states

But How do I remember it???There are 10 Amendment rights, Amendment 10 gives rights to the states.

Eleventh Amendment

   Sovereign immunity

But How do I remember it???The 1’s are equal and so are the states. So they can’t sue each other.

Immunity of states to foreign suits

Twelfth Amendment

   Revision of presidential election procedures

But How do I remember it???The 1, 2 position

President is #1, and the Vice President is #2

Thirteenth Amendment

Slavery abolished

13 is an unlucky number, but a lucky one if you are a

slave

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Fourteenth Amendment

  Citizenship, state due process, state equal protection 

13 freed the slaves, 14 made them a citizen

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Fifteenth Amendment

   Every Man Can Vote

Every Man Can Vote(15 letters in this phrase)

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Sixteenth Amendment

   Pay income tax

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Seventeenth Amendment

   Two senators are elected by the people for each state

But How do I remember it???senators are elected, too

Eighteenth Amendment

   Prohibition

Your 18, You Can’t Drink

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Nineteenth Amendment

   Women's vote

At 19 you’re a woman, so you can VOTE

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Twentieth Amendment

 Term Commencement for congress

President starts work on the 20th of January, and Congress on the 3rd

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Twenty-first Amendment

   Prohibition repealed.

At 21, You Can Drink

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Twenty-second Amendment

 Presidential terms

2-2 president can serve 2 terms

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Twenty-third Amendment

   Representation of Washington, D.C. in Electoral College

Washingtonians can VOTE!

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Twenty-Fourth Amendment

   Poll Taxes Abolished

Poll rhymes with Toll. You pay money at a TOLL bridge, so 24 takes away the Toll (money) at the Poll. The POLL is TOLL free.

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Twenty-Fifth Amendment

   Presidential disabilities

Sets a line of succession for when Presidents resign or pass away.

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Twenty-Sixth Amendment

   Voting age lowered to 18)

The right for18-year-olds to vote was confirmed. 2+6=8 teen can vote

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Twenty-Seventh Amendment

   Variance of congressional compensation

Congress gets a pay raise. 27 is the last amendment and a pay raise for congress the LAST thing we want.

But How do I remember it???