Amendments To The Us Constitution

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Amendment 1

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Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition (1791)

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Amendment 2

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Ensures the right to keep and bear arms (1791)

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Amendment 3

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Sets conditions for quartering troops in private homes (1791)

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Amendment 4

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Regulates search, seizure and warrants (1791)

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Amendment 5

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Addresses protections against self-incrimination, guarantees of due process, eminent domain, and grand jury indictment for capital crimes (1791)

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Amendment 6

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Guarantees rights to a speedy, public trial and an impartial jury, to confront witnesses, and to have an attorney (1791)

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Amendment 7

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Preserves right to a jury trial in civil cases (1791)

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Amendment 8

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Ensures no excessive bails or fines, nor cruel and unusual punishment (1791)

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Amendment 9

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Unenumerates rights of the people (1791)

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Amendment 10

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Reserves powers of the states and people (1791)

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Amendment 11

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Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity (1795)

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Amendment 12

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Revises presidential election procedures (1804)

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Amendment 13

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Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime (1865)

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Amendment 14

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Defines citizenship and deals with post-Civil-War issues (1868)

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Amendment 15

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Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (1870)

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Amendment 16

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Allows federal income tax (1913)

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Amendment 17

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Direct election of senators (1913)

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Amendment 18

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Prohibition of alcohol (1919)

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Amendment 19

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Federal recognition of women's suffrage (1920)

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Amendment 20

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Term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20)- "lame duck amendment" (1933)

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Amendment 21

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Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment (1933)

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Amendment 22

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Limits the president to two terms (1951)

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Amendment 23

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Representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College (1961)

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Amendment 24

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Prohibition of the restriction of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes (1964)

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Amendment 25

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Addresses presidential succession, disability, and vice presidential vacancies (1967)

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Amendment 26

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Voting age nationally established at 18 (1971)

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Amendment 27

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Addresses congressional pay (1992)