Amendment XII All elections shall be publicly financed; no individual, corporate, commercial or other private or publicly held entity shall contribute directly to any official, candidate or political party; all citizens are […]

Amendment XI The right of an individual who has completed a two-year military service commitment to keep and maintain firearms appropriate to the common defense shall not be infringed. The Federal government […]

Amendment IX generated some concern that adults – a term used freely, although inconsistently – should never be compelled to do anything against their will. The definition of “adult” was at issue […]

Amendment X No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed […]

Amendment IX All citizens shall, upon attainment of their 18th birthdays, enroll in a two-year program of public service, which may be fulfilled with either civic programs or the armed forces. Enfranchisement […]

Amendment VIII No governmental entity shall conduct secret or covert proceedings absent ongoing oversight by a multi-partisan body of popularly elected officials. Rationale While recent revelations about the NSA’s secret domestic surveillance […]

Amendment VII The right of the people to be secure in their persons, homes, papers, data, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, […]

Amendment VI All individuals shall enjoy the right to privacy and freedom from surveillance by governmental, corporate, commercial or other private or public entities. Rationale The question of the Federal government’s advanced […]

Amendment V No governmental, private, corporate or commercial entity shall deny to any enfranchised citizen the rights or privileges accorded to others. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not […]