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Significant Amendments to the US Constitution
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1st Amendment
Protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2nd Amendment
Protects the right to keep and bear arms.
3rd Amendment
Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
4th Amendment
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause.
5th Amendment
Protects the right to due process and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
6th Amendment
Guarantees a fair and speedy public trial, the right to a lawyer, and the right to confront witnesses.
7th Amendment
Provides the right to a jury trial in federal civil court cases exceeding twenty dollars.
8th Amendment
Prohibits excessive bail and fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
9th Amendment
Declares that rights not listed in the Constitution are retained by the people.
10th Amendment
Affirms that powers not delegated to the federal government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states or the people.
11th Amendment
Limits the lawsuits against states in federal courts.
12th Amendment
Modifies the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.
13th Amendment
Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
14th Amendment
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause.
15th Amendment
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
16th Amendment
Allows the federal government to collect income tax without apportioning it among the states.
17th Amendment
Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote.
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the United States.
19th Amendment
Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote on the basis of sex.
20th Amendment
Changes the dates on which the terms of the President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives begin and end.
21st Amendment
Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending the prohibition of alcohol.
22nd Amendment
Limits the President to two terms in office.
23rd Amendment
Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College.
24th Amendment
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes or any other taxes.
25th Amendment
Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President and responding to Presidential disabilities.
26th Amendment
Prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old.
27th Amendment
Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.
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