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--------------------------------------- The most important document ever written: The Constitution of the United States of America --------------------------------------- First Amendment: Protects the freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and petition Second Amendment: Protects the right to bear arms Third Amendment: Prohibits the government from forcing citizens to quarter (house) soldiers during peacetime Fourth Amendment: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant or probable cause Fifth Amendment: Protects the right to due process of law, the right to remain silent, and prohibits double jeopardy (being tried twice for the same crime) Sixth Amendment: Protects the right to a fair and speedy trial by an impartial jury, the right to be informed of the charges against you, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to an attorney Seventh Amendment: Protects the right to a trial by jury in civil cases Eighth Amendment: Prohibits excessive bail and fines, as well as cruel and unusual punishment Ninth Amendment: States that just because certain rights are not specifically listed in the Constitution, it does not mean they do not exist Tenth Amendment: States that any powers not specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people Eleventh Amendment: Establishes sovereign immunity, which prevents citizens from suing a state in federal court without the state's consent Twelfth Amendment: Establishes the procedure for electing the President and Vice President of the United States Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime Fourteenth Amendment: Guarantees equal protection under the law and due process to all citizens, and defines citizenship Fifteenth Amendment: Prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous status as a slave Sixteenth Amendment: Gives Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes Seventeenth Amendment: Establishes the direct election of senators by the people of their state, rather than by state legislatures Eighteenth Amendment: Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment) Nineteenth Amendment: Grants women the right to vote Twentieth Amendment: Changes the dates for the start of presidential and congressional terms of office Twenty-First Amendment: Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment and ends Prohibition Twenty-Second Amendment: Limits the President to two terms in office Twenty-Third Amendment: Grants residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections Twenty-Fourth Amendment: Prohibits the government from imposing a poll tax as a condition for voting Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Establishes the procedures for presidential succession and disability Twenty-Sixth Amendment: Lowers the voting age to 18 years old Twenty-Seventh Amendment: Limits Congress's ability to give itself pay raises, and requires any pay raises to take effect only after the next election.