XII Amendment

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.

The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.

The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.^[1]

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

The twelfth amendment ensures that the Vice President has the same qualifications as the President in order to be elected. It was instituted to avoid future ties in the number of electoral votes as was the case in the election of 1800.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z1O4CPZouQ (the embed was disabled for this video)


I thought this was a funny debate between "Thomas Jefferson" and "Aaron Burr".


 


This video explains how the election of 1800 was handled after the tie between Jefferson and Burr.

XI Amendment

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. 

The eleventh amendment gives each state the authority to avoid being sued in federal court by citizens, while also maintaining the ability to waive this right if they choose.






In Tennessee v Lane, the disabled plaintiffs were pressing for public access to the courthouse, given their circumstances. I think this cartoon depicts and interesting take on what was going on in Tennessee.







Here is another comical reference to the Tennessee v Lane case. Although, the court did end up giving the disabled the right to go against the state of Tennessee.