Removal, death or resignation of President, Vice President becomes President....

D.C. appoints electors of President & Vice President; D.C. residents, paying as more federal taxes than some states, get treated like a state with right to vote for President

LBJ replaces JFK, Vice President sits vacant for over a year; clears up process to replacing executive members

FDR elected four times (‘32,’36,’40,’44) caused for concern and led to this amendment....

Elections of 1796 & 1800; Thomas Jefferson involved in both....

Electoral College - separate ballot for President & Vice-President

January 20th President & VP term ends; Congress assembles once a year

No person elected President more than twice

By 1960,population exceeds 750,000;pays as much fed taxes as states

Excessive bail; cruel & unusual punishment

Search & Seizures

Eminent Domain

Double Jeopardy

Self­-incrimination

Petition, assembly, religion, speech, press

Powers reserved to the states; Unenumerated; Federalism

Right to Bear Arms

Grand Jury

States’ Rights

Reserved Powers to the States

Speedy Trial

Criminal Trial by Jury of Peers

Civil Trial by Jury of Peers

Right to Attorney

Civil Cases

J.D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan were affected most by this amendment

Powers reserved to the people; Unenumerated; reason why Ohio Constitution has 4x as many words as the U.S. Constitution

Quartering of Troops

Granted Citizenship to former slaves

Equal Protection Under the Law

The most important amendment; most often argued at the SCOTUS

African American Male Suffrage

Abolish Slavery

Congressional Pay Restraints

Suits against the States

Repeal Prohibition

Poll Tax Elimination

18­year old Suffrage

Women’s Suffrage

Direct Election of Senators

Income Tax

Sovereign Immunity

Chisholm v. Georgia

Robin Hood Effect - take from rich/give to poor

Temperance Movement led to the momentum of this amendment

Prohibition of Alcohol

Volstead Act

Vietnam War Protests led to this amendment’s momentum

In 1982, a college student, Gregory Watson, discovered that the proposed amendment could still be ratified and started a grassroots campaign and wrote a term paper about it (and only earned a “C­-” grade on it!); one of the original 14 Bill of Rights from 1789....