Monday -
5th amendment - Grants right to grand jury, protects against double jeopardy, protects against self-incrimination, cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
Ratified in 1791
Created to protect the basic rights of the accused.
6th amendment - Right to a speedy public trial by jury, right to be notified of accusation, right to confront the accuser, right to obtain witness and retain counsel
Ratified in 1791
Still protects peoples rights while on trial
7th amendment - You have the right to a trial, cannot charge and hold you without giving you a trial
King George III said no more trials and juries
Colonists were upset
Keep our court system fair
8th amendment - Fines must be fair and not over excessive, and punishment must be fair not cruel
Wanted punishment to be fair for people convicted of crime
British hung people for being enraged
Ratified 1791
Tuesday -
9th amendment - rights retained by people
Ratified in 1791
Controversy with abortion and the NSA
10th amendment - The government can't control everything the states do
ratified in 1791
11th amendment - a person who lives in one state can't sue another state
ratified in 1795
12th amendment - electoral college
ratified in 1804
Controversy with Al Gore vs. W. Bush
13th amendment - slavery is not legal,
ratified in 1865
made by Honest Abe
Controversy: Mississippi didn't ratify this till 2013
14th amendment - anyone born or living in the US are citizens and must be treated equally under the law
ratified in 1868
15th amendment - You can't be denied to vote because of religion or race etc.
ratified in 1870
important because people still vote
16th amendment - the government takes a portion of the money you make in any job that you do, due to taxes.
ratified in 1913
Important: WWI
Wednesday -
17th amendment - Ratified in 1913
Each state can have 2 senators and they can only have 1 vote
Thursday - Osama bin Laden's hideout's pictures have been leaked on CNN. Two police officers have been shot in Ferguson, Missouri. Drunk Secret Service agents crash into White House barrier.
Iran - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Current Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989
Hassan Rouhani is current president since 2013 - very moderate and is bringing change. More open
Friday - We don't want Iran to have Nuclear Weapons
Iran wants relief from economic sanctions, to maintain a peaceful energy program, have to have the ok from the IAEA,
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