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1
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Criminal proceedings (such as right to a fair public trial to be held as soon as possible)

A

Amendment 6

2
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Right to keep and bear arms

A

Amendment 2

4
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Criminal proceedings (such as capital crime, court Marshall, US court of military appeals, eminent domain)

A

Amendment 5

5
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Freedom of religion, speech, and of the press: right of petition

A

Amendment 1

5
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Quartering of soldiers in private houses

A

Amendment 3

6
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Unenumerated rights of the people

A

Amendment 9

7
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Election of President and vice President on separate ballots

A

Amendment 12

8
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Powers reserved to state

A

Amendment 10

9
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Abolition of poll taxes

A

Amendment 24

10
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Deals with lawsuits filed against states and federal court

A

Amendment 11

11
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Right of suffrage for black Americans (The right of former slaves to vote)

A

Amendment 15

12
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Excessive punishment

A

Amendment 8

13
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Income tax

A

Amendment 16

14
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Repeal of national prohibition

A

Amendment 21

15
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Abolition of slavery (emancipation proclamation)

A

Amendment 13

17
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National prohibition (volstead act of 1919, a.k.a. national prohibition act

A

Amendment 18

18
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Limitation of presidential term

A

Amendment 22

19
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Women’s suffrage

A

Amendment 19

20
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Presidential and vice presidential succession

A

Amendment 25

21
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Suffrage for citizens 18 years of age and older

A

Amendment 26

22
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The convening of Congress in the inauguration of the president and vice president (lame duck amendment)

A

Amendment 20

23
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Granted the district of Columbia number of presidential electors (Washington DC)

A

Amendment 23

24
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Jury trial in civil cases

A

Amendment 7

24
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American rights and citizenship to black Americans; apportionment of representatives; political disabilities, public debt

A

Amendment 14

25
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Restrictions on changes in congressional salary

A

Amendment 27

26
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Popular election of Senators

A

Amendment 17

27
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Searches and seizures

A

Amendment 4