U S Constitution
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- The oath taken by the President of the United States
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Article II
(Article 2) - The only amendment ever passed to overturn an earlier amendment
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Amendment XXI
(Amendment 21) - Reduces the number of members a state had in the House of Representatives if it denied its citizens the right to vote
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Amendment XIV
(Amendment 14) - Amendments which protect the rights of the accused
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Amendments V, VI, VII, VIII
(Amendments 5, 6, 7, 8) - Protects individuals against "double jeopardy"
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Amendment V
(Amendment 5) - Amendments which limit the powers of the federal government
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Amendments I-X, Bill of Rights
(Amendments 1-10) - Established that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the United States "shall be the supreme law of the Land"
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Article VI
(Article 6) - Placed the Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate
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Article I
(Aricle 1) - Protects individuals from being compelled to be a witness against himself in any criminal case
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Amendment V
(Amendment 5) - Called for the prohibition of intoxicating liquors
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Amendment XVIII
(Amendment 18) - Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
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Amendment IV
(Amendment 4) - Set procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice-president
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Amendment XXV
(Amendment 25) - Provides for the Electoral College to use separate ballots in voting for president and vice-president
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Amendment XII
(Amendment 12) - Gives Congress power to admit new states and sets basic guidelines for applying for statehood
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Article IV
(Article 4) - Requires the accused to have the assistance of counsel for his defense
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Amendment VI
(Amendment 6) - Allows citizens living in Washington DC to vote for president and vice president
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Amendment XXIII
(Amendment 23) - Gave Congress power to lay and collect taxes on incomes
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Amendment XVI
(Amendment 16) - Guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms
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Amendment II
(Amendment 2) - Prohibited the government from denying a person's right to vote on the basis of race (didn't prohibit use of poll taxes and literacy tests)
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Amendment XV
(Amendment 15) - This article set up the legislative branch of the national government
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Article I
(Article 1) - Requires probable caue to issue warrants
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Amendment IV
(Amendment 4) - Calls for the terms of President and Vice-President to end at noon on the 20th day of January
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Amendment XX
(Amendment 20) - Prevents the government from claiming that the only rights people have are those listed in the Bill of Rights
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Amendment XIV
(Amendment 9) - Established that senators were to be chosen by the legislators of their own states (later changed)
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Article I
(Article 1) - Prohibits a state from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
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Amendment XIV
(Amendment 14) - Established the power of impeachment
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Article II
(Article 2) - Guarantees the right to petetion the govbernment for a redress of grievances
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Amendment I
(Amendment 1) - Repealed the eighteth amendment
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Amendment XXI
(Amendment 21) - Makes congressional pay raises effective during the term following their passage
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Amendment XXVII
(Amendment 27) - Explains how the Constitution can be amended or changed
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Article V
(Article 5) - Protects the states and the people from the federal government
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Amendment X
(Amendment 10) - Forbid the government from forcing the people to quarter soldiers
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Amendment III
(Amendment 3) - This article set up the executive branch
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Article II
(Article 2) - Protects the accused against cruel and unusual punishment
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Amendment VIII
(Amendment 8) - Addresses ratification and states that the Constitution would take effect after it ws ratified by nine states
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Article VII
(Article 7) - Guarantees all accused of a crime the right oto a speedy and public trial
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Amendment VI
(Amendment 6) - Limits presidents to a maximum of two elected terms
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Amendment XXII
(Amendment 22) - Guarantees freedom of speech, press, and the right ot peaceably assemble
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Amendment I
(Amendment 1) - Introduces the Constitution and sets forth the general purposes for which the government was established
- Preamble
- This article sets up the judicial branch
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Article III
(Article 3) - Provides that if the president-elect dies before taking office, the vice president-elect becomes president
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Amendment XX
(Amendment 20) - Makes illegal slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where the party has been convicted
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Amendment XIII
(Amendment 8) - Established the number of representatives from each state would be based on the size of the state's population
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Article I
(Article 1) - Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections
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Amendment XXIV
(Amendment 24) - Lowered the voting age in both federal and state elections to 18
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Amendment XXVI
(Amendment 26) - Guaranteed voting rights could not be denied by any state on account of sex
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Amendment XIX
(Amendment 19) - Established a process for the vice president to take over leadership of the nation when a president is disabled
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Amendment XXV
(Amendment 25) - Allows for two senators from each state to be elected by the people
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Amendment XVII
(Amendment 17)