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# Amendments
date date text
Protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press, as September December 15, Full
1st text
well as the right to assemble and petition the government 25, 1789 1791
September December 15, Full
2nd Protects the right to keep and bear arms text
25, 1789 1791
September December 15, Full
3rd Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers text
25, 1789 1791
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out September December 15, Full
4th text
requirements for search warrants based on probable cause 25, 1789 1791
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent
September December 15, Full
5th domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self- text
25, 1789 1791
incrimination and double jeopardy
Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury,
including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to September December 15, Full
6th text
confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain 25, 1789 1791
counsel
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, September December 15, Full
7th text
according to common law 25, 1789 1791
Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel September December 15, Full
8th text
and unusual punishment 25, 1789 1791
Asserts the existence of unenumerated rights retained by the September December 15, Full
9th text
people 25, 1789 1791
Limits the powers of the federal government to those September December 15, Full
10th text
delegated to it by the Constitution 25, 1789 1791
Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and
March 4, February 7, Full
11th foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the text
1794 1795
foundation for sovereign immunity
December 9, Full
12th Revises presidential election procedures June 15, 1804 text
1803
Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as January 31, December 6, Full
13th text
punishment for a crime 1865 1865
June 13, Full
14th Defines citizenship and deals with post–Civil War issues July 9, 1868 text
1866
Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or February 26,
February 3, Full
15th text
previous condition of servitude 1869 1870
February 3, Full
16th Allows the federal government to collect income tax July 12, 1909 text
1913
May 13, Full
17th Requires senators to be directly elected April 8, 1913 text
1912
Establishes Prohibition of alcohol (Repealed by Twenty-first December January 16, Full
18th text
Amendment) 18, 1917 1919
August 18, Full
19th Establishes women's suffrage June 4, 1919 text
1920
 Fixes the dates of term commencements for Congress
March 2, January 23, Full
20th (January 3) and the President (January 20); known as the text
1932 1933
"lame duck amendment"
February 20, December 5, Full
21st Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment text
1933 1933
Limits the president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years
March 24, February 27, Full
22nd (i.e., if a Vice President serves not more than one half of a text
1947 1951
President's term, he can be elected to a further two terms)
Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the June 16, March 29, Full
23rd text
Electoral College 1960 1961
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non- September January 23, Full
24th text
payment of poll taxes 14, 1962 1964
Codifies the Tyler Precedent; defines the process of February 10, Full
25th July 6, 1965 text
presidential succession 1967
March 23, Full
26th Establishes 18 as the national voting age July 1, 1971 text
1971
Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking September Full
27th May 7, 1992 text
effect until the beginning of the next session of Congress 25, 1789