Information for 4.3

AMENDMENTS 11-27 & INCORPORATION

OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS

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POP QUIZ 4

AMENDMENTS AFFECTING PRESIDENT

THE 12TH AMENDMENT

The 20th Amendment Important vocabulary: Lame Duck President

AMENDMENTS AFFECTING PRESIDENT

1st Monday in March

January 20th at Noon

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The 22nd Amendment

AMENDMENTS AFFECTING PRESIDENT

What Now??President?

Acting Pres?

CONGRESSIONAL AMENDMENTS

Prohibition Overview

16th: Let’s Tax Income!

18: Can’t drink21: Can drink

VOTING RIGHTS

Important vocabulary: Suffrage

RaceSenatorsWomenDC CitizensNo Poll Tax18-20-year-olds

15th:

23rd:19th:

24th:26th:

17th:

Civil War Amendments13…Abolished slavery14…Conferred & defined citizenship15…Granted suffrage to ALL men

Judicial Rights11th…Lawsuits against the state remain in the state court system

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THE 14TH AMENDMENT IS ALWAYS A GOOD ANSWER!

Major parts:CitizenshipEqual Protection ClauseDue Process Clause

Defi nition: Process by which US courts have applied portions of the BOR to the states. 

What part of the 14 th Amendment led to incorporation? Explain how. The Due Process clause of the 14 th Amendment forbids states to deny any citizen life, liberty or property without due process of law.

Are there other important parts to the 14 th Amendment? Yes. The equal protection clause prevents states from passing discriminatory laws and forces them to treat all people equal.

The 14 th Amendment is ALWAYS a good answer when it comes to why states can be sued for abridging the rights of its citizens. It ensures that all citizens in all states have the same rights.

INCORPORATION

Concerned 1st Amendment rights of expression.

States cannot interfere with a person’s freedom of speech and expression.

Applied Speech and Expression to the states.

GITLOW V. NY

Concerned the 6th Amendment.States must guarantee the right to an attorney if a person cannot afford one.

Applied Right to Counsel to the states.

GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT

Concerned the 4th Amendment.States cannot use evidence that they seized without a valid warrant in court cases.

Applied the use of search warrants to the states.

MAPP V. OH

Concerned the 5th Amendment & parts of the 6th Amendment.

States cannot interrogate a person without first reading them their rights and they must be told of their right to counsel.

Applied the right of no self-incrimination to the states.

MIRANDA V. AZ

Concerned the 9th Amendment implied right to education (unenumerated).

States cannot have separate facilities for black and white children.

Applied equal protection of laws to the states.

BROWN V. TOPEKA BOE