The 6th Annual Better Know a District Amendment Style Project
Amendment 6 – Guarantees right to a fair and speedy trial by a jury of your peers, notice of accusation and providing of a lawyer
Amendment 8 - Guarantees against excessive bail and Òcruel and unusual punishment.
Blake Feder, Jackson Levine, Thomas Korn and Salvatore Brinker
Amendment 11 – Limited power of Federal courts to try cases between people in different states.
Olga Padilla, Katya Martinez and Nico Chmielewski
Amendment 13 - Abolished Slavery in the United States.
Emilee Tennen, Lizzie Korkin, Capriana Valencia and Shanna Fischzang
Amendment 16 – Gave the Federal Government the power to tax income.
Aaron Benenson, Santiago De-Urbina, Alejandro Preschel, Jean Vardaramatos and Giovanni Miranda
Amendment 18 – Prohibited the sale of alcohol in the United States.
Sofia Idone, Esther Gregori, Sage Simhon and Elizabeth Cheng and
Amendment 26 – The voting age for citizens in the United States was lowered from 21 years of age to 18.
Jacob Eshet, Sam Beck, David Lederman and Brian Plotnik