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First Amendment

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Rights to Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition.

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Second Amendment

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Right to bear arms.

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Third Amendment

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Quartering of Soldiers

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Fourth Amendment

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Search and Seizure

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Fifth Amendment

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Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process

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Sixth Amendment

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Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions: Rights to Jury Trial, to Confront Opposing Witnesses and to Counsel

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Seventh Amendment

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Jury Trial

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Eighth Amendment

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Protections against Excessive Bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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Ninth Amendment

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Non-Enumerated Rights

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Tenth Amendment

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Rights Reserved to States

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Eleventh Amendment

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Suits Against a State

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Twelveth Amendment

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Election of President and Vice-President

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Thirteenth Amendment

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Abolition of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude

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Fourteenth Amendment

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Protects rights against state infringements, defines citizenship, prohibits states from interfering with privileges and immunities, requires due process and equal protection, punishes states for denying vote, and disqualifies Confederate officials and debts

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Fifthteenth Amendment

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Voting Rights

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Sixteenth Amendment

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Federal Income Tax

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Seventeenth Amendment

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Popular Election of Senators

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Eighteenth Amendment

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Prohibition

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Nineteenth Amendment

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Women’s Right to Vote

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Twentieth Amendment

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Commencement of Presidential Term and Succession

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Twenty-first Amendment

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Repeal of 18th Amendment (Prohibition)

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Twenty-second Amendment

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Two-Term Limitation on President

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Twenty-third Amendment

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District of Columbia Presidential Vote

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Twenty-fourth Amendment

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Abolition of Poll Tax Requirement in Federal Elections

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Twenty-fifth Amendment

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Presidential Vacancy, Disability and Inability

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Twenty-sixth Amendment

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Right to Vote at Age 18

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Twenty-seventh Amendment

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Congressional Compensation