The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
Freedom’s Shield: No Excessive Punishment Allowed!
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The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments, was added in 1791 to address concerns over individual liberties.
🌟 The Bill of Rights: Freedom’s 1791 debut! 🎉
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The Seventh Amendment preserves the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases.
Joyful justice: juries for civil cases preserved!
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Rhode Island was the last of the original states to ratify the Constitution, doing so in 1790.
Rhode Island: Last but Constitutionally Grand, 1790!
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The First Amendment protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
“Speak, believe, write, gather, and ask freely!” 📜🎉
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Ratification required approval from nine of the thirteen original states before the Constitution took effect in 1788.
Nine states needed, and the Constitution came alive!
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The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by requiring warrants based on probable cause.
Guard your privacy, warrants keep searches fair!
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The Eighteenth Amendment initiated the era of Prohibition, banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages.
Cheers to dry days: The 18th sparked Prohibition fun!
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The Seventeenth Amendment provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people, rather than state legislatures.
Seventeenth Amendment: Senators elected by YOU!
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The Twenty-Third Amendment granted residents of Washington, D.C., the right to vote in presidential elections.
D.C. joins the vote! 🎉 Presidential say, hurray! 🗳️
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