Table of Contents
- 1 What does the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution do?
- 2 What amendment established the line of presidential succession?
- 3 What does the 26th Amendment do?
- 4 How does the 13th Amendment protect us?
- 5 What does the 11 Amendment say?
- 6 What is the 13th amendment really saying?
- 7 Who is not protected by the 15th Amendment?
What does the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution do?
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.
What amendment established the line of presidential succession?
The current Presidential Succession Act was adopted in 1947, and last revised in 2006. The 25th Amendment also establishes procedures for filling an intra-term vacancy in the office of the vice president.
What does the 7 Amendment protect us from?
jury trial
The Seventh Amendment (Amendment VII) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. This amendment codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury’s findings of fact.
What does the 26th Amendment do?
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.
How does the 13th Amendment protect us?
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865.
What is the 8th amendment do?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What does the 11 Amendment say?
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.
What is the 13th amendment really saying?
The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “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.”
What does the 24th amendment to the Constitution say?
The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
Who is not protected by the 15th Amendment?
The Fifteenth Amendment does not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone. It prevents the States, or the United States, however, from giving preference, in this particular, to one citizen of the United States over another on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.