Bill of Rights by Marley Faccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub Made with joy en-us 2020-11-12 14:35:05 UTC 2024-08-30 08:53:49 UTC hello@padlet.com "After the first enumeration required by the first article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty thousand persons." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916623111 Gives the right and protection to express ideas through speech, press, to gather in a group for protests, to ask the government to fix problems or issues, and freedom to practice ay religion freely and the government is not allowed to chose a religion for the country.]]> 2020-11-12 14:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916623111 Speech mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916627031 2020-11-12 14:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916627031 Assembly mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916637870 2020-11-12 14:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916637870 Press mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916639723 2020-11-12 14:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916639723 Petition mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916644296 2020-11-12 14:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916644296 Religion mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916646450 2020-11-12 14:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916646450 "No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916652055 The right to bear arms/ the right to own guns.]]> 2020-11-12 14:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916652055 Right to Bare Arms mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916653334 2020-11-12 14:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916653334 "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." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916658414 Prevents the government from forcing people who own homes to keep solders in their house. This was an issue during the Revolutionary War in which British solders would be forcibly housed in the homes of colonizers.]]> 2020-11-12 14:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916658414 No Quartering of Soldiers mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916660470 2020-11-12 14:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916660470 "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." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916672728 Protects civilians from search and seizure from the government.]]> 2020-11-12 14:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916672728 Search mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916678259 2020-11-12 14:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916678259 Seizure mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916682255 2020-11-12 14:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916682255 "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." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916685406 Protects people accused of crimes. States that criminal charges must be started by a grand jury, a person can not be tried twice for the same charge, they can not have their property taken away without persecution, people have the right to remain silent, can not be imprisoned without the process of law, and immanent domain.]]> 2020-11-12 14:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916685406 Self Incrimination mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916720883 2020-11-12 14:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916720883 Pictures: Double Jeopardy mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916725562 2020-11-12 14:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916725562 Due Process mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916726487 2020-11-12 14:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916726487 Grand Jury Indictment mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916741301 2020-11-12 14:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916741301 "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." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916752903 Adds extra protections for people who have been accused of crimes. The amendment says that they have the right of a speedy and public provides additional protections to people accused of crimes, such as the right to a speedy and a public trial, trial by an impartial jury for criminal cases, the offender is allowed to be informed when they are fazed with criminal charges, and the person accused of charges is allowed to be represented by a lawyer and to be their own witness.]]> 2020-11-12 15:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916752903 "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." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916757370 Gives the right to a jury trial in case of a federal civil case.]]> 2020-11-12 15:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916757370 "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 defence." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916760396 Bans excessive bail and fines as well as cruel and unusual punishments.]]> 2020-11-12 15:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916760396 "In 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." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916762973 Lists specific rights that are in the Constitution that do not mean that people do not have other rights just because they are not said directly.]]> 2020-11-12 15:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916762973 "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916765745 Says that the federal government only has powers that are given to them by the Constitution, if it is not listed in the Constitution, then the right belongs to the states and or the people.]]> 2020-11-12 15:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/916765745 Speedy Trial mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920345378 2020-11-13 14:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920345378 Jury of Your Peers mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920473140 2020-11-13 15:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920473140 Right to Attorney mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920480515 2020-11-13 15:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920480515 To be Informed of the Accusation mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920521138 2020-11-13 15:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920521138 Trail by Jury in Civil Cases mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920571259 2020-11-13 15:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920571259 No Excessive Bail mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920887414 2020-11-13 16:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920887414 No Excessive Fines mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920888300 2020-11-13 16:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920888300 No Cruel and Unusual Punishments mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920889309 2020-11-13 16:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920889309 Rights Not Listed Are Still Protected and Belong to the People mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920890895 2020-11-13 16:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920890895 Rights and Powers not Listed and Expressed in the Constitution are RESERVED for the States mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920893216 2020-11-13 16:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920893216 Eminent Domain mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920973097 2020-11-13 17:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/920973097 "The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110099079 A state can not sue a citizen from another state without the consent from the state to do so.]]> 2021-01-21 14:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110099079 "The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; -- the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. --]* The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110110780 Electors in the electoral college only have one vote instead of two. This rule also applies to when they are voting for Presidents.]]> 2021-01-21 14:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110110780 "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110122858 This amendment abolishes within the slavery in the United States. The only time that slavery was considered legal was as a punishment for crime. ]]> 2021-01-21 14:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110122858 Section 1: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110197886 Grants citizenship in the U.S. regardless of race as well as giving them equal protection under the grounds that they are now considered U.S. citizens.]]> 2021-01-21 14:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1110197886 "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1114165125 Gave everyone the right to vote and could not be turned away based on grounds of race or previous servitude.]]> 2021-01-22 14:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1114165125 "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117425982 This amendment gives Congress the right to income tax. Income tax is a tax that the government can impose on money made by businesses and individuals. ]]> 2021-01-23 19:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117425982 "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117427434 Gives the people/citizens the right to directly vote for their Senators instead of having the state legislature vote for them. Also states that if a seat on the Senate is not filled that a governor can pick a new Senator.]]> 2021-01-23 19:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117427434 "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117428342 Prohibited the production, transport, selling, and consumption of drinking alcohol.]]> 2021-01-23 20:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117428342 Can not sue without permission mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117461805 2021-01-23 20:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117461805 Abolishment of slavery mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117462631 2021-01-23 20:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117462631 Citizenship mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117466171 2021-01-23 20:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117466171 Equal Protection mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117466772 2021-01-23 20:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117466772 Electors can only vote for one Presidential candidates mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117468028 2021-01-23 20:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117468028 Right to vote can not be denied on grounds of race or any previous servitude. mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117469326 2021-01-23 20:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117469326 Income tax mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117472398 2021-01-23 20:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117472398 Direct election of Senators mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117475183 2021-01-23 20:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117475183 Prohibition of alcohol mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117476265 2021-01-23 20:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117476265 "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117480453 Granted women the right to vote and stated that they could no longer be denied the right to vote on the grounds of sex.]]> 2021-01-23 20:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117480453 Women's suffrage mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117480757 2021-01-23 20:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117480757 Section 1: "The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117485868 Sets the dates and shortens the time from election to inauguration. It shortened the period that a President and Members of Congress can stay in office after an election has been held. ]]> 2021-01-23 20:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117485868 Lame Duck mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117489346 2021-01-23 20:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117489346 "The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117566597 Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. This amendment made alcohol legal once again.]]> 2021-01-23 22:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117566597 Prohibition of alcohol mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117567685 2021-01-23 22:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1117567685 Banned Poll Tax mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1122050194 2021-01-25 14:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1122050194 Section 1: "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 President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by 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." Section 2: "This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124380003 Prohibits any president who has already been elected for two terms to be elected for president again. It also does not allow anyone who who fills an unexpired presidential term lasting more than two years to be elected once again.]]> 2021-01-25 22:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124380003 Two term limit for the President mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124387732 2021-01-25 22:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124387732 Section 1: "The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment." Section 2: "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124388958 Allows people/citizens living in the District of Columbia the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral College. ]]> 2021-01-25 22:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124388958 Right to vote in Federal elections extended to residents of Washington D.C. mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124397818 2021-01-25 22:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124397818 Section 1: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax." Section 2: "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124399091 Prohibited the mandatory poll taxes which stopped many African Americans from voting, combined with the grandfather clause and intimidation. It had also stopped many poor white people from voting as well.]]> 2021-01-25 22:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124399091 Section 1: "In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President." Section 2: "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress." Section 3: "Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President." Section 4: "Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124414852 This amendment established when Presidential Succession and the criteria for replacement of President as well as the duties when the spot of President is filled.]]> 2021-01-25 22:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124414852 Presidential Succession and criteria for replacement mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124423724 2021-01-25 22:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124423724 Section 1: "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." Section 2: "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124424377 Lowered the voting age to 18. It also prohibits states from discriminating voters based on their age, as long as the person is 18 years or older.]]> 2021-01-25 22:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124424377 Lowered voting age to 18 mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124430295 2021-01-25 22:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124430295 "No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened." mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124431960 People of Congress can only receive a raise in salary if they are to win a reelection. This amendment prohibits the increase or decrease of their salaries until the next set of terms begin.]]> 2021-01-25 22:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124431960 Congresspersons can only receive salary raise if they win reelection mfaccone https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124437038 2021-01-25 22:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mfaccone/sigp0gsfn0qpxpub/wish/1124437038