March 9-13

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Amendment 5

• Graunts right to Grand Jury Jury
  • trial with
• Double Jeopardy
  • Can't be tried for the same crime twice
• Self-Incrimination
  • you don't have to say anything in trail
• Cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
• Ratified
  • in 1791
• Created
  • to basic right of the accused
• Still Important Today

Amendment 6

• Speedy Public Trial
• Notified of Accusation
  • have to tell you what you "did"
• Confront Accuser
  • can see your accuser
• Obtain Witness and Retain Counsel
• Ratified 1791
• Important
  • Protects peoples right on trail

Amendment 7

• Right to a Trail
  • must have a trial
  • either Judge or Jury
  • cannot be be charged without trial
•  Started
  • King George III said there was going to be no more trails
• Importance
  • keeps court system fair for the people
• Ratified 1791

Amendment 8

• Fines
  • Must be fair or excessive
• Punishment
  • can't be cruel or unusual
  • decided by state
• Reason
  • fair punishment
• Importance
  • must be treated fair for crime
• Ratified 1791

Amendment 9

• Ratified
  • 1791
• Right Retained by people
  • privacy
  • abortion
  • where you live
• Rarely known
  • Known as the quiet amendment
• Controversies
  • Abortion
  • NSA

Amendment 10

• Gives Power to the States
  • Federal Government can't have all the power
• Ratified 
  • 1791
• Importance
  • Keeps the states important
  • Keeps Federal Government from going crazy

Amendment 11

• Protects States from lawsuits from people in other states
• Trials in States
  • People cannot sue other states if they do not live in that state
• Sovereign Immunity
  • You cannot sue a state without their knowledge 
• 4 exceptions

Amendment 12

• Electoral College
  • for elections of President and VP
• Two Candidates
  • Winer- President
  • Loser- VP
• Now-
  • President can now pick his own VP
  • So no mixed Parties

 Amendment 13

• Slavery
  • is illegal
  • unless its a punishment
• Ratified
  • January 31, 1865
• Importance
  • Would lose rights
• Mississippi
  • Didn't ratify until 2013

Amendment 14

• Meaning
  • Any U.S. citizen must be treated equally under Law
• Passed
  • July 18, 1868
• Importance
  • To create the equality of former slaves
  • Today it keeps our nation fair
• Controversies
  • keeps Illegal Immigrant's babies keeps them US citizen

Amendment 15

• Voting
  • can't be restricted from voting because of race or color
• Importance
  • give other minorities the right to vote
• Ratified
  • February 26, 1870

Amendments 13-16 

• Civil War Rights

Amendment 16

• Taxes
  • Government takes a portion of money from whatever job you do
  • Established income tax
• Passed
  • February 3, 1913
• Cause
  • WWI

Amendment 17

• Each state can only have 2 senators and can each have one vote
• Ratified
  • April 8, 1913
• States
  • Have equal power
  • Every state still has 2 senators
• Main Point
  • Elected by the people

Amendment 18

• Prohibition
  • production, transport, and sale of Alcoholic Beverages
• Raified
  • January 16, 1919
• Repealed
  • December 5, 1933
• Suppose to do
  • decrease crime
• Effects
  • caused more crime
  • Mafia more powerful

Amendment 19

• Voting
  • Any gender can vot
  • directed toward women
• Ratified
  • August 18, 1920
• Thoughts
  • Wasn't liked because of culture

Osama Bin Laden

• New pictures of Bin Laden's Afghan Hideout
• Taken before 9/11

Ferguson, Missouri

• In the 70's 99% of Ferguson's residents were White
• Now 67% of the residents are Black
• in 2013 483 black people were arrested and only 36 white people were arrested
• Gun shots during Ferguson protest
• 2 police officers shot
  • after city police chief resigned

Secret Service

• Secret Service agents crash
• Agents were drunk
• Crashed into White House barrier

Iran 101

• Supreme Leader and Shia Cleric
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
  • Came into power 1989
  • Makes final calls
• Former President
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • President 2005-2013
  • Said Holocaust never happened and the Israel should be wiped off the map
• Current President
  • Hassan Rouhani
  • Opposing party of Former President
  • Wants more relations
• Nuclear Powers
  • 9 countries
    • US
    • Russia
    • China
    • UK
    • France
  • Broke Treaty
    • North Korea
    • Israel
    • India
    • Pakistan
  • Developing
    • Iran
• A Nuclear Weapon is a defensive weapon
• First Nuclear Tests
  • US- 1945
  • Russia- 1949
  • Uk- 1952
  • France- 1960
  • China- 1964
  • India- 1974
  • Pakistan- 1998
  • North Korea- 2006
  • Israel- ?
• US helped Iran with their Nuclear Program
  • Help stopped due to revolution
• Saw Nuclear weapons as sinful
• Start Back Up
  • In 2003 the US intelligence agencies believed they started working on the weapons again
  • We are believing they are enriching uranium to create deadly weapons
• Us goal
  • Eliminate Iran's ability to create Nuclear Weapons
  • At least extend the time taken
• Iran's goal
  • relief from economic sanctions
  • maintain a peaceful nuclear energy program
• Deal
  • get rid of many centrifuges
  • ok monitoring by the IAEA
  • get rid of enriched uranium
  • lift sanctions little by little
• Republican Response
  • 47 senators signed letter to Iran
  • Leader of letter
    • Sen. Tom Cotton
  • Feel Pres. is making a treaty without their approval

Amendment 20

• Gives the ending dates of office for the Pres. and VP
• Tells who takes over if Pres. dies
• Changed Dates of New Pres.
  • From March up to Jan.

Amendment 21

• Means
  • Repealed the 18th Amendment
• Ratified
  • Dec. 5 1933
• Supported
  • More in rural areas
  • Less in urban areas

Amendment 22

• The president can't serve for more than 2 terms
• FDR served for 3 terms and one year of his 4th
• Ratified
  • March 21, 1947
• Importance
  • No King or Dictator