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The First Amendment is different from the other amendments because it provides for important rights or freedoms, which are freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and expression. It also gives people the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment also makes it illegal to make any laws that inhibit any of these expressed freedoms.

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How is the tenth amendment different from the other amendments?

what the 10th amendment means is that powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution are hold for the states respectively or to the people.


Which amendments states that the people have other rights that are not spacifically stated in the constitution?

The Ninth amendment; The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.


Is freedom to vote guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?

Well there are three "amendments" that go with voting ( the 1st ten amendments are called the bill of rights) They are, * Being 18 or older to vote that is amendment #26 (isn't a bill of right) * Being a woman 18 or older and being able to vote is amendment #19 * No poll taxes on voting


What are the thirteenth fourteenth and the fifteenth amendments called?

These three amendments are often referred to as the "Post-Civil-War Amendments", as they were all passed in the years right after the Civil War. They have sometimes been called the "Civil Rights Amendments" as well. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, the 14th Amendment provided that all persons born in the U.S. were citizens and prohibited state governments from denying them their civil rights (and also contained provisions pertaining to the defeated Confederacy and its officials), and the 15th Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to former slaves (as long as they were adult males). Interestingly, these amendments were the first since 1804, and were the last until 1913. All of the (other) political compromises that made the federal government what it was in the 19th century were accomplished without amending the Constitution.


When did the Bill of Rights apply to state governments?

The Fourteenth Amendment, adopted on July 9, 1868(following the Civil War), applied the priciples of the First Amendment and other parts of the Bill of Rights (applicable to Federal government) to State governments.

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What amendment can repel other amendments?

it was the 9th amendment


Where did the 15th amendment take place?

The amendment was written in Congress like all the other amendments.


How is the tenth amendment different from the other amendments?

what the 10th amendment means is that powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution are hold for the states respectively or to the people.


What are the given rights at birth?

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are your birth rights. The first amendment is the one that covers the majority of rights. As you age, you will be more dependent on the other amendments, such as the right to vote.


Which two amendments cancel each other?

They don't cancel each other but the 1st and 14th sometimes conflict- for example the government may step into a Church matter if it's an equal protection issue like gay rights, although they are not supposed to. Perhaps others can provide more examples.Additional thought:There are no amendments that cancel each other out. The Twenty-first Amendment supersedes the Eighteenth Amendment. Congress passed the Volstead Act in 1919, allowing them to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition), and the Twenty-first Amendment ended Prohibition. The earlier amendment doesn't cancel the later amendment.


Which amendments states that the people have other rights that are not specifically started in the Constitution?

Amendment 9


What are the first 10 amedements?

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791. They guarantee essential rights and liberties, including freedom of speech, religion, and the press (First Amendment), the right to bear arms (Second Amendment), and protection against unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth Amendment). Other important amendments address due process, rights of the accused, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Collectively, these amendments aim to protect individual freedoms and limit government power.


What two amendments are both close in the protection of speech and press?

The First amendment protects both speech and press, but applies only to the Federal Government. The 14th amendment applies the bill of rights (amendments 1-10) to the state and local governments, making sure that no one can infringe upon your freedom of speech, and press (or any other amendment).


How many amendments to the united States Constitution have been repealed by other amendment?

one


When was the amendment adopted?

The Fifteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution on February 3rd, 1870.


What do you call changes to the constitution?

In the US, changes made to the US Constitution are called Amendments. Excluding the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights, the most important one can be the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in the USA.


What is are th first ten amendments to the constitution?

The popular name for the first ten amendments is THE BILL OF RIGHTS. it is interesting to note except for the all-inclusive 9Th and l0Th amendments- rights not enumerated. Voting is not specifically stated in the first ten amendments as a BASIC constitutional right- other amendments had differing ideas as ,say the l9Th amendment that granted Woman a big chest . All people under the age of 18 must not get homework and all old people must have intercourse with there mate in the streets of Massachusetts