AP 27 Amendments

	Prohibits the establishment of a state religion and guarantees freedom to practice religion; protects freedom of speech and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government
	Protects the right to keep and bear arms, and mentions this right in the context of a "well-regulated militia."
	Prohibits the stationing of troops in people's homes without their consent or as set down in law during wartime.
	Protects against unreasonable search and seizure; probable cause is required to get a warrant to conduct a search, and the warrant must describe the place to be searched and what is to be seized.
	Provides for indictment by a grand jury for capital or serious crimes; protects against double jeopardy; guarantees due process and eminent domain.
	Guarantees the right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, to be informed about charges, to confront witnesses and present witnesses in defense, and to have representation by an attorney.
	Provides for a trail by jury in most civil cases.
	Prohibits excessive bail and fines as well as the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment.
	The people are not denied any rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
	Powers not granted to the federal government nor denied to the states in the Constitution, belong ot the states or to the people. Reserved powers - authority that states have to determine their own marriage and divorce laws is an example of a reserved power.
	Sets limits on suits against states by citizens of another state or foreign country(1795)
	Ensures that electors cast separate ballots for president and vice-president in the electoral college(1804)
	Prohibits slavery in the united States(1865)
	Defines citizens as anyone born or naturalized in the US; prohibits states from denying any person life, liberty, or property without due process, or denying any person equal protection under the laws(1868)
	Prohibits denying the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude(1870)
	Authorizes federal income tax(1913)
	Provides for direct election of senators(1913)
	Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of intoxicating liquor; ushers in the era known as Prohibition(1919)
	Grants women the right to vote(1920)
	Changes dates when president, vice-president, and members of Congress take office and congress convenes; covers presidential succession in an emergency(1933)
	Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment(1933)
	Effectively limits the president to two terms(1951)
	Extends the right to vote in presidential elections to the District of Columbia(1961)
	Prohibits payment of poll tax or other tax in order to vote in a federal election(1964)
	States that the vice president becomes president, if the presdient is removed from office, resigns, or dies; also states that the new president nominates a new vice president to fill a vice-president vacancy(vice president is then confirmed by a majority of both houses of Congress); also presents the procedures for dealing with presidential disability(1967)
	Lowers voting age to 18 in state and federal elections(1971)
	Changes law stating the compensation of members of congress does not go into effect until after an election to the House(1992)