Amendments to the Constitution

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Amendments
Proposal date
Enactment date
Full text
1st
Freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to assemble, and to petition
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
2nd
Enumerates the right to keep and bear arms
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
3rd
No quartering of soldiers in private houses during peacetime.
In a time of war, Congress can pass a law stating that soldiers should be quartered.
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
4th
Interdiction of unreasonable Searches and seizures; warrants
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
5th
Indictments; Due process; Self-incrimination; Double jeopardy, and rules for Eminent Domain.
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
6th
Rights to a fair and speedy public trial, to notice of accusations, to confront one's accuser, to subpoenas, to counsel
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
7th
Right to trial by jury in civil cases
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
8th
No excessive bail and fines or cruel & unusual punishment
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
9th
Unenumerated rights
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
10th
Limits the power of the Federal government
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
11th
Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.
March 4, 1794
February 7, 1795
Full text
12th
Revises Presidential election procedures
December 9, 1803
June 15, 1804
Full text
13th
Abolishes slavery and Involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
January 31, 1865
December 6, 1865
Full text
14th
Defines Citizenship and deals with post-Civil War issues.
June 13, 1866
July 9, 1868
Full text
15th
Suffrage
February 26, 1869
February 3, 1870
Full text
16th
Allows federal income tax
July 12, 1909
February 3, 1913
Full text
17th
Direct election of Senators
May 13, 1912
April 8, 1913
Full text
18th
Prohibation of Alcohol (Repealed by 21st amendment)
December 18, 1917
January 16, 1919
Full text
19th
Federal recognition of women's suffrage
June 4, 1919
August 18, 1920
Full text
20th
Term Commencement for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20).
This amendment is also known as the "lame duck amendment".
March 2, 1932
January 23, 1933
Full text
21st
Repeals of Eighteenth Amendment; state and local prohibition no longer required by law.
February 20, 1933
December 5, 1933
Full text
22nd
Limits the president to two terms
March 24, 1947
February 27, 1951
Full text
23rd
Representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College
June 16, 1960
March 29, 1961
Full text
24th
Prohibition of the restriction of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes
September 14, 1962
January 23, 1964
Full text
25th
Presidential succession
July 6, 1965
February 10, 1967
Full text
26th
Voting age nationally established at age 18 (see suffrage)
March 23, 1971
July 1, 1971
Full text
27th
Variance of congressional compensation
September 25, 1789
May 7, 1992
Full text
Contents[hide]
1 Unratified proposed amendments
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
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[edit] Unratified proposed amendments
Before an amendment can take effect, it must be proposed to the states by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress, and ratified by three-quarters of the states. Six amendments proposed by Congress have failed to be ratified by the appropriate number of states' legislatures. Four of these amendments are still technically pending before state lawmakers—the other two have expired by their own terms.
Amendment
Date Proposed
Status
Subject
Congressional Apportionment Amendment
September 25, 1789
Still pending before state lawmakers
Apportionment of U.S. Representatives
Titles of Nobility Amendment
May 1, 1810
Still pending before state lawmakers
Prohibition of titles of nobility
Corwin Amendment
March 2, 1861
Still pending before state lawmakers, but rendered moot by the 13th Amendment
Preservation of slavery
Child Labor Amendment
June 2, 1924
Still pending before state lawmakers
Congressional power to regulate child labor
Equal Rights Amendment
March 22, 1972
Expired 1979 or 1982 (some scholars disagree -- see main article), though possibly still able to be ratified as deadline has previously been extended and deadline was not placed in the Amendment's text.
Prohibition of inequality of men and women
District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment
August 22, 1978
Expired 1986
D.C. voting rights
[edit] See also

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
United States Bill of Rights
List of unsuccessful attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution
Conventions within the states to ratify an amendment to U.S. Constitution
Convention to propose amendment to U.S. Constitution
[edit] References
Congressional Research Service. (1992). The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation. (Senate Document No. 103–6). (Johnny H. Killian and George A. Costello, Eds.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
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