Advice and Consent | | Congress has the power to make all needed laws so they can carry out their duties |
Bill of Rights | | Congress has power to tax and spend as necessary to promote the general welfare |
Civil Rights Amendments | | States must respect the laws and court decisions of other states |
Commity Clause | | Gov't can't search anyone, their home, or their papers without a warrant showing just cause |
Commerce Clause | | No one can be tried without protections like not having to testify against yourself, being tried more than once for a crime, and the gov't has to follow procedural protections |
Contracts Clause | | States can't deny anyone within it equal protection under its laws |
Due Process Clause | | Amendments protecting personal rights |
Equal Protection | | States can't pass taxes on Imports or Exports unless they're absolutely necessary for inspection of the same |
Establisment | | States can't pass any law impairing or reducing the obligations in a contract |
Free Exercise | | Person has right to speedy, public trial, jury of their peers, witnesses to appear on their behalf, and a lawyer |
Freedom of Speech and the Press | | Congress makes the rules about interstate and foreign commerce and trading |
Full Faith and Credit | | Congress can't establish a religion |
General Welfare | | Congress makes the rules about interstate and foreign trade |
Import/Export | | Congress can't pass laws that inhibit free speech or freedom of the press |
Interstate Commerce | | President appoints all officers not listed in Constitution with advice and consent of senate |
Necessary and Proper | | Congress can decide what taxes are needed to pay for the defense and general welfare of the US |
Privileges and Immunities | | Congress can't pass any law that favors a religion or prohibits free exercise of a religion |
Search and Seizure | | Women can vote the same as men |
Speedy Trial | | President has power to make treaties with other countries but the Senate must ratify it by 2/3 before it becomes law |
Spending | | Prohibiting Slavery, making all US residents at the time citizens, allowing black vote |
Supremacy | | Gov't can't take someone's property unless they pay a fair price for it |
Takings | | Citizens of each state have all the same privileges and immunities as citizens of every state |
Treaty | | Laws and Decisions of a State must be respected and followed (as much as possible) by all other states |
Trial by Jury | | The Constitution, laws made according to it, and treaties are the supreme law of the land |
Women's Suffrage | | Person has right to trial by jury for suits greater than $20 |