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  • Right of eminent domain
    5th
  • Residents of Washington D.C. vote for President
    23rd
  • President may serve 10 years total as the President
    22nd
  • Former slaves given the rights of citizenship
    14th
  • Federal Government may tax an individual's income
    16th
  • Unconstitutional to make U.S. citizens pay tax in order to vote
    24th
  • Right of accused to have a lawyer
    6th
  • Protection from excessive fines and bails
    8th
  • Senators elected by all eligible voters of the state
    17th
  • Congressional pay raise goes into effect next term
    27th
  • Presidential line of succession
    25th
  • Reserved powers for states
    10th
  • Manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol is illegal
    18th
  • Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures
    4th
  • Provides filling vacancy in office of Vice-President
    25th
  • Right to trial by jury in civil cases involving $20 or more
    7th
  • Minimum age requirement to vote lowered from 21 to 18
    26th
  • Granted suffrage to African Americans
    15th
  • Abolished slavery
    13th
  • Rights retained by U.S. citizens
    9th
  • Women granted suffrage
    19th
  • Right to bear arms
    2nd
  • Protection from cruel and unusual punishment
    8th
  • Right to due process under the law
    5th
  • Congress begins its term on January 3rd
    20th
  • Freedom of speech and religion
    1st
  • Right to petition the government
    1st
  • Repealed Prohibition
    21st
  • President and Vice-President elected on separate ballots
    12th
  • Freedom of the press and peaceful assembly
    1st
  • Right to fair and speedy trial
    6th
  • President inaugurated on January 20th
    20th
  • Individual may not sue state in federal court
    11th
  • Quartering of troops is unconstitutional
    3rd
  • No double jeopard, no self-incrimination
    5th
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