27 Amendments & Ways to Remember

27 Amendments & Ways to Remember 1 Free Speech, press, religion, and assembly 2- Two bear arms Right to bear arms 3- Three's a crowd No quartering of troops in homes 4- Four doors on a car (think the police want to search your car) No unreasonable searches/seizures 5 (I plead the 5th) A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against themself 6- Speedy Six Right to speedy and public trial and right to lawyer and counsel 7- You're lucky (777) to get a trial Right to trial by jury in civil cases 8- Sideways handcuffs No excessive bail, fines, cruel/unusual punishment 9- Makes more rights mine Rights not enumerated retained by people 10- Federal laws are what are writTEN Powers not delegated to Congress or prohibited to states belong to states or people 11- 1 on 1 No federal cases between state, citizen of other state 12- 1 ballot, 2nd ballot The electoral college will vote seperately for president and VP rather than together in one ballot 13- Free Slavery is outlawed! 14-Citizenize Citizenship to former slaves 15- Vote Right to vote can't be denied by race 16- Turn 16= job Congress can levy individual income taxes 17- senators seventeen Direct election of senators 18- nope 21 Prohibition of liquors (1917) 19- becomes a woman Right to vote for women (1919) 20- January 20th Dates for inauguration, Congress's session 21- let's drink! Repeal of prohibition (1933) 22- 2 terms Presidential term limits 23- twenty three rhymes with DC D.C. residents' vote for president 24- no poll tax at the door Ban on poll taxes 25- if he ain't alive Appointment of new vice president, presidential incompetence 26- 2 + 6= 8 Right to vote for 18-year olds (1971) 27- the last one .. Reps cannot set their own pay