The Bill of Rights

The bill of rights is another document that dictates the fundamental rights of every citizen of the United States of America. At its conception, the founders of America named 10 key amendments. However, this list has been expanded to a total of 27 amendments to the Bill of Rights. Below is a list of all of the Amendments to the Constitution. However, since the Constitution was writen in semi-archaic English, the nformation below is a loose translation of the modern interpretaions of the twenty-seven amendments. For the exact wordings of the Amendments, visit this link

The Amendments

1. Guarantees the rights of freedom of speech, the press, and religion. It also protects the people's right to petition the government for change


2. Guarantees the right to own arms in the name of self-defense


3. Citizens will not be forced to provide housing for soldiers in times of war nor peace


4. Citizens will not be undergo search and seizure without a court warrant and probable cause


5. Guarantees due process of the law and protects citizens from double jeopardy and self-incrimination


6. Guarantees the right to a speedy trial, and the right for one to know their accusers and accusations


7. Guarantees the right to a jury trial


8. Forbids unusual or cruel punishments and fines


9. Reserves people's rights not specified in the Constituion


10. All rights not specified in the Constituion as belonging to the federal government belong to the states and their people


11. States cannot be subject to lawsuits from those that do not live in that state's borders


12. Modifies the procedure for electing a President and vice President


13. Forbids slavery and involutary servitude, except as a form of punishment


14. Elaborates on Due Process clause, Citizenship clause, and clauses dealing with Confederate leaders


15. Reserves suffrage rights to citizens regardless of race, color, or previous enslavement


16. Grants the US Govt. to collect income taxes


17. Established that senators are elected through popular votes


18. Prohibits the sale and drinking of alcohol (repealed, see XXI.)


19. Grants women the right to vote


20. Changed the start term for Congressional and Presidential terms


21. Repeals the eighteenth amendment


22. Sets two terms as the maximum for anyone to serve as President


23. Grants residents of the Distric of Columbia the right to vote for their own Electors regarding presidential elections


24. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote on account of not being able to pay for poll taxes


25. Establishes the protocol for the successors to the President


26. Grants citizens eighteen or older the right to vote


27. Laws varying the salaries of Congresspeople will take effect during the next term