1st AMENDMENT - RAPPS
R – religion A - assembly P – press P – petition S - speech
SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS – a bear has 2 arms
THIRD AMENDMENT
NO QUARTERING OF SOLDIERS
(3 quarters will buy you a coke)
FOURTH AMENDMENT
(NO) UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE (4 WORDS)
FIFTH AMENDMENT
“MY BAD” AMENDMENT – DUE PROCESS, NO TALK AGAINST YOURSELF
EIGHTH AMENDMENT
NO CRUEL OR UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT – pick your nose and we cut off 8 of your fingers
13th, 14th, and 15th AMENDMENTS
3 BLIND MICE - FREE CITIZENS VOTE
TIMELINE
1607 – JAMESTOWN is heaven! 1776 – Freedom!! – DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE 1787 – Madison’s pen is revin’ –
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
1803 – Napoleon sold Louisiana to me, wee wee – LOUISIANA PURCHASE
1861-1865 – The Yanks and the Rebs tangle – THE CIVIL WAR