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The 27 amendments
AMENDMENT 1: RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FREEDOM ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 2: RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS ,[object Object]
AMENDMENT 3: QUARTERING TROOPS ,[object Object]
AMENDMENT 4: SEARCH AND SEIZURE ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 5: RIGHTS OF ACCUSED PERSONS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Mark Fuhrman took the 5 th  at the O.J. trial Oliver North took the 5 th  at the Iran-Contra hearings North
AMENDMENT 6: RIGHT TO A SPEEDY, PUBLIC TRIAL ,[object Object],[object Object],All accused persons have a right to be defended by an attorney
AMENDMENT 7: TRIAL BY JURY IN CIVIL CASES ,[object Object],“ A jury of your peers ”
AMENDMENT 8: LIMITS OF FINES AND PUNISHMENT ,[object Object],Tar and feathering The “Rack”
AMENDMENT 9: RIGHTS OF PEOPLE ,[object Object]
AMENDMENT 10: POWERS OF STATES & PEOPLE ,[object Object]
AMENDMENTS 11-27   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 11: LAWSUITS AGAINST STATES- 1795 ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 12: ELECTION OF EXECUTIVES - 1804 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 13: SLAVERY ABOLISHED - 1865 ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 14: CIVIL RIGHTS - 1868 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 15: RIGHT TO VOTE - 1870 ,[object Object]
AMENDMENT 16: INCOME TAX - 1913 ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 17: DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS - 1913 ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 18: PROHIBITION - 1919 ,[object Object],Men drink at a “Speakeasy”
AMENDMENT 19: WOMAN SUFFRAGE - 1920 ,[object Object]
AMENDMENT 20: “LAME DUCK” SESSIONS - 1933 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 21: REPEAL OF PROHIBITION - 1933 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 22: LIMIT ON PRESIDENTIAL TERMS - 1951 ,[object Object],Passed shortly after Franklin Roosevelt was elected to 4 terms
AMENDMENT 23: VOTING IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 1961 ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 24: ABOLITION OF POLL TAXES - 1964 ,[object Object],1942 cartoon critical of Poll Tax
AMENDMENT 25: PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY & SUCCESSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Vice President  Speaker of the House  President pro tempore of the Senate Secretary of State  Secretary of the Treasury  Secretary of Defense  Attorney General  Secretary of the Interior  Secretary of Agriculture  Secretary of Commerce  Secretary of Labor  Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development  Secretary of Transportation   Succession Order
AMENDMENT 26:    18-YEAR-OLD VOTE - 1971 ,[object Object],[object Object]
AMENDMENT 27: CONGRESSIONAL PAY - 1992 ,[object Object],Thus, Congress cannot vote  themselves  a pay increase
TODAY’S CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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