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| Freedom of Religion, Speech, Assembly, Petition, and Freedom of the Press |
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| Guarantees that the Army cannot force homeowners to give them room and board |
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| Protects the people from the government improperly taking property, papers, or people without a valid warrant based on probable cause |
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Protects people from being held for committing a crime unless they are properly indicted
That they may not be tried twice for the same crime
That you need not be forced to testify against yourself
From property being taken without just compensation.
It also contains due process guarantees |
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| Guarantees a speedy trial, an impartial jury, that the accused can confront witnesses against them, and that the accused must be allowed to have a lawyer. |
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Guarantees a jury trial in federal civil court cases.
This type of case is normally no longer heard in federal court. |
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| Guarantees that punishments will be fair, and not cruel, and that extraordinarily large fines will not be set. |
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| Simply a statement that other rights aside from those listed may exist, and just because they are not listed doesn't mean they can be violated. |
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| Any power not granted to the federal government belongs to the states or to the people. |
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| More clearly defines the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court concerning a suit brought against a state by a citizen of another state. |
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| Redefines how the President and Vice-President are chosen by the Electoral College, making the two positions cooperative, rather than first and second highest vote-getters. It also ensures that anyone who becomes Vice-President must be eligible to become President. |
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| Abolished Slavery in the United States |
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Ensured that all citizens of all states enjoyed not only rights on the federal level, but on the state level, too.
It removed the three-fifths counting of slaves in the census.
It ensured that the United States would not pay the debts of rebellious states.
It also had several measures designed to ensure the loyalty of legislators who participated on the Confederate side of the Civil War. |
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| Ensures that race cannot be used as a criteria for voting. |
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| Authorizes the United States to collect income tax without regard to the population of the states. |
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| Shifted the choosing of Senators from the state legislatures to the people of the states. |
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| Abolished the sale or manufacture of alcohol in the United States. (Prohibition) |
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| Ensures that gender cannot be used as a criteria for voting. |
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| Set new start dates for the terms of the Congress and the President, and clarifies how the deaths of Presidents before swearing-in would be handled. |
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| Repealed Prohibition (18th Amendment) |
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Set a limit on the number of times a President could be elected - two four-year terms.
It has one exception for a Vice-President who assumes the Presidency after the death or removal of the President, establishing the maximum term of any President to 10 years. |
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| Grants the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) the right to three electors in Presidential elections. |
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| Ensured that no tax could be charged to vote for any federal office. |
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| Clarifies even further the line of succession to the Presidency, and establishes rules for a President who becomes unable to perform his duties while in office. |
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| Ensures that any person 18 or over may vote. |
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| Requires that any law that increased the pay of legislators may not take effect until after an election. |
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Fanciful Mark
(Xerox, Advil, Kodak) |
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It does not exist as a word apart from that particular product.
Subject to Trademark Protection after the FIRST Public use.
It is a word that the company has COMPLETELY MADE UP. |
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Arbitrary Mark
(Apple Computers, Amazon) |
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Not a made up word, but the name has absolutely nothing to do with it's products.
Immediately subject to Trademark protection upon first public use. |
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Suggestive Mark
(Neptune Speed Boats, Gorilla Glass) |
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The name somewhat describes its products.
Neptune would give the idea that it has something to do with water.
Gorilla Glass would suggest that it is very strong glass. |
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Descriptive Mark
(Drop Box, Tiffany Blue) |
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The name of the company would describe it's products.
You drag and drop files into drop box so that it shows up in the cloud.
If you see the specific color of blue that Tiffany Co. blue uses and you automatically thing Tiffany's, then the color has a secondary meaning, and is Trademarkable. |
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No protection at all.
If you have a company called SOAP, that makes and sells soap, you will get zero protection because it is a generic name and cannot gain Trademark protection because it is used to describe other products |
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