Amendments to the U.S. Constitution List (All 27)List of Amendments to the U.S. ConstitutionWhen the Senate Intelligence Committee passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act by a vote of 14 to 1, committee chairman Senator Richard Burr argued that it successfully balanced security and privacy. What should happen if someone threatens to kill you on social media? Are they protected by the First Amendment right guaranteeing the right to freedom of speech, or are they breaking the law? We will soon know now the answer after the Supreme Court rules on a case that may have far reaching ramifications well beyond the single case they are hearing. What is it about a United States citizen exercising their greatest Constitutionally mandated right that scares so many Republicans? It's a question that should bother everyone on both sides of the aisle because voting is not a Republican or Democratic right, but is a right for every legal citizen in this country. Six million disenfranchised citizens; voter identification laws that disproportionally affect minorities and the poor; moving polling stations, reducing early voting days, and canceling Sunday voting altogether. Welcome to the Jim Crow of the 21st Century. It's less sexy than the racist laws of the 20th Century, but it's just as dangerous. Republican Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed the "Safe Carry Protection Act" into state law on 4/23/2014. This law is being dubbed the "guns everywhere" bill by its critics. Here are the in's and out's of this incredibly controversial law, that goes into effect on July 1st. April 15th is a day that elicits a strong emotion in many of us Americans. While millions of Americans have already filed their Federal Income taxes, there are always millions more procrastinators out there who wait until the final minute to submit their paperwork. Everyone has their own reasons for doing their taxes when they do them. On Tuesday Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on what has become to be known as "The Hobby Lobby" case. I may be accused of being too hyperbolic, but I believe this case has the potential to redefine the concept of religious freedom for years to come. The Saint Patrick's Day parade is a big deal in New York City. The parade has been running annually each and every year, dating all the way back to the early days of 1762. Every year on March 17th, the city holds the parade that has come to expect an audience of roughly a million spectators and a few hundred thousand participants. Also of note, the parade is privately run.
| Amendment | | Description | | |
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| Bill of Rights | | | 3358 | 73 |
| 1st Amendment | | Freedom of Speech, Religion & Press | 200 | 20 |
| Establishment Clause | | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion | 0 | 0 |
| Free Exercise Clause | | Congress shall make no law... prohibiting the free exercise thereof [religion]... | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd Amendment | | Right to bear arms | 3054 | 116 |
| 3rd Amendment | | Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers out of war time | 1 | 2 |
| 4th Amendment | | Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based o... | 37 | 9 |
| 5th Amendment | | Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process,... | 5 | 7 |
| 6th Amendment | | Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified... | 7 | 2 |
| 7th Amendment | | Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law | 1 | 2 |
| 8th Amendment | | Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment | 2 | 8 |
| 9th Amendment | | Protects rights not enumerated in the constitution. | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Amendment | | Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution | 10 | 3 |
| 11th Amendment | | Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the stat... | 1 | 0 |
| 12th Amendment | | Revises presidential election procedures | 1 | 1 |
| Reconstruction Amendments | | Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted betwee... | 96 | 13 |
| 13th Amendment | | Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime | 14 | 2 |
| 14th Amendment | | Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equ... | 73 | 9 |
| 15th Amendment | | Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude | 9 | 1 |
| 16th Amendment | | Allows the federal government to collect income tax | 6 | 1 |
| 17th Amendment | | Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote | 1 | 1 |
| 18th Amendment | | Prohibition of Alcohol | 27 | 7 |
| 19th Amendment | | Establishes women's suffrage right to vote | 7 | 1 |
| 20th Amendment | | Fixes the dates of term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20); kno... | 1 | 0 |
| 21st Amendment | | Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment | 27 | 2 |
| 22nd Amendment | | Limits the president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years | 13 | 1 |
| 23rd Amendment | | Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College | 0 | 0 |
| 24th Amendment | | Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes | 13 | 1 |
| 25th Amendment | | Codifies the Tyler Precedent; defines the process of presidential succession | 20 | 1 |
| 26th Amendment | | Establishes the official voting age to be 18 years old | 1 | 1 |
| 27th Amendment | | Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until the beginning of the next se... | 2 | 0 |
William P. Barr just gave the worst speech by an Attorney General of the United States in modern history. Speaking at Notre Dame University last Friday, Barr took “religious liberty” as his subject, and he portrayed his fellow-believers as a beleaguered and oppressed minority. He was addressing, he said, “the force, fervor, and comprehensiveness of the assault on religion we are experiencing today. This is not decay; this is organized destruction.” An appeals court said Tuesday that President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking users on Twitter. Attorney General William Barr just attempted a “mine-is-bigger-than-yours” power play in an ongoing government lawsuit with Twitter. The move pits national security directly against the First Amendment, and the impending drama promises to be high. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help efforts to rein in police seizure of property from criminal suspects. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the court’s opinion in favor of Tyson Timbs, of Marion, Indiana. Police seized Timbs’ $40,000 Land Rover when they arrested him for selling about $400 worth of heroin. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help efforts to rein in police seizure of property from criminal suspects. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the court’s opinion in favor of Tyson Timbs, of Marion, Indiana. Police seized Timbs’ $40,000 Land Rover when they arrested him for selling about $400 worth of heroin. We are the only country in which guns outnumber people — a fact that came true in 2009. Yet, we keep manufacturing more and more guns. “If every private citizen had the right to carry a musket, a thousand people would've shot Patrick Henry by now, am I right?” President Obama said a lot about guns in his teary press conference Tuesday, but the one thing that he is not saying, despite all the howling from the right, is that he intends to take away Americans’ guns. Yet equally significant is the realization that individual citizens are unwilling to free themselves of the destructive weapons that are wreaking havoc on our society. Numerous Americans care more about their individual freedoms than our collective freedoms, and they are unable to see how these individualistic desires undermine the essential fabric of a democracy.
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