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"the right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age, and The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." During debate of the 1970 extension of the Voting Rights Act, Senator ted Kennedy argued that the 14th allowed Congress to pass national legislation lowering the voting age and in the orgeaon v. Mitchell (1970), the Supreme Court considered whether the voting-age provisions Congress added to the Voting Rights Act in 1970 were constitutional. My opinion the voting age should be 25, when the brain develops fully. Its relevant now because the voting age is still 18 which means I can vote during my senior year of high school. The age should matter just like it does, but It definitely should be increased.

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"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term." This amendment ensures that a president no longer could serve more than two terms. The history is that after FDR died in 1945, many Americans began to recognize that having a president serve more than eight years was bad for the country. Which is understandable because no one person should be in charge for that long especially for so many people. It applies today because presidents still can't run for more than two terms, and if they run for two terms they have to be back to back in sequence.

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"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." This amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This law technically prohibits the federal government price for obtaining pretrial release or as punishment for crime after conviction. This amendment is the fufiillment of the punishment part of getting in trouble with the law. If you get arrested now you can go to court, maybe you just stay the night, but you can also just pay a bail, which is protected not to get to large.

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"Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law." To sum this amendment up, it basically saying that everyone has the right to a jury & lawyer In civil cases. The history behind this one is that juries were a group of twelve local men who were brought in to tell what they knew of the facts of a case. They were essentially the witnesses. Except now you have your own personal lawyer or attorney. My opinion is that yes everyone should defiantly should be able to have a lawyer. Its used today because the court can assign you a lawyer when in a case.

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"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense." the 6th amendment focuses completely on the rights of a person accused of committing a crime by the government. Well, if you weren't guaranteed a speedy trial, you could sit in jail for months or years without being tried, which happened very frequently in English history. My opinion is that this amendment is useful, because if you don't have a speedy trial and its been months, peoples memories start to fade or witnesses die off, so there are some confounding variables there. No one should have to sit in jail for months before their trial even starts especially if there a possibility they are innocent.

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." This amendment is stating that you have the right to say you want an attorney but then you need to shut your mouth because anything that you say after you arrest can be used against you in court. This came from when the British courts utilized the inquisitorial method of truth-seeking as opposed to the prosecutorial, meaning that prosecutors did not bear the burden of proving a case, but that sufficient “proof” came from browbeating confessions out of the accused. Meaning that they didn't just go by that the person said In court but had to get hard rock evidence, and that was the person confessing while being handcuffed. This is relevant to todays society where when you get arrested the cop will tell you " you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in court...". In my opinion this isn't the best amendment, if someone wants to accidentally confess to what they did, on the way to the police station they should just let them, and not even give them a warning, it just gets to the truth in a faster manner.

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized". The history behind this amendment is as followed, the amendment protected the citizens from unreasonable government intrusion. A example is that if a police officer pulls you over for no specific reason and asks you "do you mind stepping out of the car" you can ask whats the probable cause, and if they don't have one they could be trying to go against your 4th amendment right of unreasonable search and seizure. now If the then actually had a cause you would have to step out and then they can search. The second you step out of your car you are giving them permission to search. This applies to everyday if a police officer asks someone to step out of their car. The amendment just protects you against intrusion and in my opinion it is necessary  to have this amendment.

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"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
The history of this amendment goes, when the war was going on, soldiers stayed in peoples homes, well when the amendments where passed, the 3rd stated that now none of the soldiers can stay in your personal home, it truly made sure that the government couldn't force soldiers into your house during times of peace. It relates back to our lives now because soldiers live in bariks with each other, instead of with civilians.

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"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
My opinion- The right to bear arms. This amendment does not mean that everyone should be able to own a loaded machine gun or anything like that, this amendment meant that anyone with correct training can own a gun. But today our government and our society has taken that out of hand. Everyone owns a gun, people can go out and buy a gun without and training, and some places sell without any screening. A current event or actually events, is all the mass shooting, actually even just any shooting where a person can go out and buy a machine gun without any training and then proceed to shoot people just because they have mental or personal issues. That is unacceptable and should not be able to happen. The history behind this one is that you where trained professionally to use the gun your were using, now you don't have too.

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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
My opinion- Today the 1st Amendment part about speech is relevant to my daily life because of all the protests, and rallies, or parades for climate change, your sexuality, or even just on what you believe. The government cannot do anything about silent protests because as long as they are not breaking any laws then they are not doing anything wrong under this amendment. Also you are not allowed to slander anyone, and I believe that this is great because I can go out and discuss to people with signs about how I feel or how our world is. Gun law protests, Climate change protests, Vegan or vegetarianism protests, and LGBTQ protests are great examples and I have learned from them that people can say what they want and that this amendment will protect them. The history behind it was that people had no voice, if you didn't believe in what everyone else did than you where the outliers. The fact that people where not allowed to voice their own opinion is upsurd. After the amendment passed you cannot verbally slang towards someone.