List of amendments to the United States Constitution

List of Amendments To the United States Constitution

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List of amendments to the United States Constitution

This is a complete full list of all ratified and unratified amendments to the United States Constitution which have received the approval of the Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
. The procedure for amending the Constitution is governed by Article V of the original text

Article Five of the United States Constitution

Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution may be altered. Such amendments may be proposed by the United States Congress or by a national Convention to propose amendment to U.S....
. There have been many other proposals for amendments to the United States Constitution introduced in Congress, but not submitted to the states.

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
are known as the Bill of Rights

United States Bill of Rights

In the United States, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. They were introduced by James Madison to the First United States Congress in 1789 as a series of constitutional amendments, and came into effect on December 15, 1791, when they had been United_States_Constitution...
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1st

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "Establishment Clause of the First Amendment" or that prohibit the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, laws that infringe the Freedom of speech in the United State...

Freedom of religion

Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in religious education, practice, worship, and observance....
, of speech

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to denote not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used....
, of the press

Freedom of the press

Freedom of the press consists ofconstitutional or Statute protections pertaining to the Mass media and published materials.With respect to governmental information, any government distinguishes which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on classified information as sensitive, classified or secret and being...
, to petition

Right to petition

The right to petition the government is the freedom of individuals to petition their government for a correction or repair of some form of injustice without fear of punishment for the same....
, and to assemble

Freedom of assembly

Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests....

September 29, 1789

December 15, 1791

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2nd

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects a right to keep and bear arms....

The right to keep and bear arms

September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

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3rd

Third Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights. It was introduced by James Madison on September 5, 1789, and then three-fourths of the states ratified this as well as 9 others on December 15, 1791....

No quartering of soldiers in private houses during times of peace or war

September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

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4th

Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable search and seizure....

Interdiction of unreasonable Searches and seizures

Search and seizure

Search and seizure is a legal procedure used in many Civil law and common law legal systems whereby police or other authorities and their agents, who suspect that a crime has been committed, do a search of a person's property and confiscate any relevant evidence to the crime....
; warrant

Warrant (law)

Most often, the term warrant refers to a specific type of authorization; a writ issued by a competent officer, usually a judge or magistrate, which wikt:commands an otherwise illegal act that would violate individual rights and affords the person executing the writ protection from damages if the act is performed....
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September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

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5th

Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure....

Indictment

In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense. In those jurisdictions which retain the concept of a felony, the serious criminal offense would be a felony; those jurisdictions which have abolished the concept of a felony often substitute the concept of an indictable offenc...
s; Due process

Due process

Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law of the land, instead of respecting merely some or most of those legal rights....
; Self-incrimination

Self-incrimination

Self-incrimination is the act of accusing oneself of a crime for which a person can then be prosecuted. Self-incrimination can occur either directly or indirectly: directly, by means of interrogation where information of a self-incriminatory nature is disclosed; indirectly, when information of a self-incriminatory nature is disclosed voluntar...
; Double jeopardy

Double jeopardy

Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being trial twice for the same crime on the same set of facts. At common law a defendant may plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict , meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense....
, and rules for Eminent Domain

Eminent domain

Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition or expropriation in common law legal systems is the inherent power of the state to seize a citizen's Property, expropriation property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent....
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September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

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6th

Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions in federal courts....

Right to a fair and speedy

Speedy trial

Speedy trial refers to one of the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution to defendants in criminal law proceedings. The right to a speedy trial, guaranteed by the sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, is intended to ensure that defendants are not subjected to unreasonably lengthy incarceration prior to a fair trial....
public

Public trial

Public trial or open trial is a trial open to public, as opposed to the secret trial. The term should not be confused with show trial....
trial

Jury trial

A jury trial is a legal proceeding in which a jury either makes a decision or makes findings of fact which are then applied by a judge. It is be distinguished from a bench trial, in which a judge or panel of judges make all decisions....
, Notice of accusation

Accusation

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s, Confronting one's accuser

Confrontation Clause

The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...to be confronted with the witnesses against him."...
, Subpoena

Subpoena

A subpoena is commonly defined as a written command to a person to testify before a court or be punished.More accurately, a subpoena is the conditional threat of punishment made by a governmental authority....
s, Right to counsel

Counsel

A counsel or a counsellor gives advice, more particularly in law matters.The legal system in England uses the term counsel as an approximate synonym for a Barristers in England and Wales ', and may apply it to mean either a single person who pleadings a cause, or collectively, the body of barristers engaged in a Legal case....

September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

Full text

7th

Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil trials....

Right to trial by jury

Jury trial

Lawsuit

In law, a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, called the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy or equitable remedy....
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September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

Full text

8th

Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which prohibits the Federal government of the United States from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments....

No excessive bail

Bail

Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from County jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail ....
& fines or cruel & unusual punishment

Cruel and unusual punishment

Cruel and unusual punishment is a statement implying that governments shall not inflict such treatment for crimes, regardless of their degree of severity....

September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

Full text

9th

Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Amendment IX to the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, addresses rights of the people that are Unenumerated rights in the Constitution....

Unenumerated rights

Unenumerated rights are sometimes defined as legal rights inferred from other legal rights that are officialized in a retrievable form codified by law institutions, such as in written constitutions, but are not themselves expressly coded or "enumerated" among the extant writ of the law....

September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

Full text

10th

Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Tenth Amendment restates the Constitution's principle of Federalism by providing that powers not granted to the National government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the...

limits the power of the Federal government

Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....

September 25, 1789

December 15, 1791

Full text

11th

Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed by the United States Congress on March 4, 1794 and was ratified on February 7, 1795....

Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders.

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This is a complete full list of all ratified and unratified amendments to the United States Constitution which have received the approval of the Congress

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#	Amendments	Proposal date	Enactment date	Full text
1st First Amendment to the United States Constitution The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "Establishment Clause of the First Amendment" or that prohibit the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, laws that infringe the Freedom of speech in the United State...	Freedom of religion Freedom of religion Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in religious education, practice, worship, and observance.... , of speech Freedom of speech Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to denote not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.... , of the press Freedom of the press Freedom of the press consists ofconstitutional or Statute protections pertaining to the Mass media and published materials.With respect to governmental information, any government distinguishes which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on classified information as sensitive, classified or secret and being... , to petition Right to petition The right to petition the government is the freedom of individuals to petition their government for a correction or repair of some form of injustice without fear of punishment for the same.... , and to assemble Freedom of assembly Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests....	September 29, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
2nd Second Amendment to the United States Constitution The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects a right to keep and bear arms....	The right to keep and bear arms	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
3rd Third Amendment to the United States Constitution The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights. It was introduced by James Madison on September 5, 1789, and then three-fourths of the states ratified this as well as 9 others on December 15, 1791....	No quartering of soldiers in private houses during times of peace or war	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
4th Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable search and seizure....	Interdiction of unreasonable Searches and seizures Search and seizure Search and seizure is a legal procedure used in many Civil law and common law legal systems whereby police or other authorities and their agents, who suspect that a crime has been committed, do a search of a person's property and confiscate any relevant evidence to the crime.... ; warrant Warrant (law) Most often, the term warrant refers to a specific type of authorization; a writ issued by a competent officer, usually a judge or magistrate, which wikt:commands an otherwise illegal act that would violate individual rights and affords the person executing the writ protection from damages if the act is performed.... s	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
5th Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure....	Indictment Indictment In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense. In those jurisdictions which retain the concept of a felony, the serious criminal offense would be a felony; those jurisdictions which have abolished the concept of a felony often substitute the concept of an indictable offenc... s; Due process Due process Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law of the land, instead of respecting merely some or most of those legal rights.... ; Self-incrimination Self-incrimination Self-incrimination is the act of accusing oneself of a crime for which a person can then be prosecuted. Self-incrimination can occur either directly or indirectly: directly, by means of interrogation where information of a self-incriminatory nature is disclosed; indirectly, when information of a self-incriminatory nature is disclosed voluntar... ; Double jeopardy Double jeopardy Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being trial twice for the same crime on the same set of facts. At common law a defendant may plead *autrefois acquit* or *autrefois convict* , meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense.... , and rules for Eminent Domain Eminent domain Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition or expropriation in common law legal systems is the inherent power of the state to seize a citizen's Property, expropriation property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent.... .	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
6th Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions in federal courts....	Right to a fair and speedy Speedy trial Speedy trial refers to one of the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution to defendants in criminal law proceedings. The right to a speedy trial, guaranteed by the sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, is intended to ensure that defendants are not subjected to unreasonably lengthy incarceration prior to a fair trial.... public Public trial Public trial or open trial is a trial open to public, as opposed to the secret trial. The term should not be confused with show trial.... trial Jury trial A jury trial is a legal proceeding in which a jury either makes a decision or makes findings of fact which are then applied by a judge. It is be distinguished from a bench trial, in which a judge or panel of judges make all decisions.... , Notice of accusation Accusation Sorry, no overview for this topic s, Confronting one's accuser Confrontation Clause The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...to be confronted with the witnesses against him."... , Subpoena Subpoena A subpoena is commonly defined as a written command to a person to testify before a court or be punished.More accurately, a subpoena is the conditional threat of punishment made by a governmental authority.... s, Right to counsel Counsel A counsel or a counsellor gives advice, more particularly in law matters.The legal system in England uses the term counsel as an approximate synonym for a Barristers in England and Wales ', and may apply it to mean either a single person who pleadings a cause, or collectively, the body of barristers engaged in a Legal case....	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
7th Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution The Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil trials....	Right to trial by jury Jury trial A jury trial is a legal proceeding in which a jury either makes a decision or makes findings of fact which are then applied by a judge. It is be distinguished from a bench trial, in which a judge or panel of judges make all decisions.... in civil case Lawsuit In law, a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, called the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy or equitable remedy.... s	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
8th Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which prohibits the Federal government of the United States from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments....	No excessive bail Bail Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from County jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail .... & fines or cruel & unusual punishment Cruel and unusual punishment Cruel and unusual punishment is a statement implying that governments shall not inflict such treatment for crimes, regardless of their degree of severity....	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
9th Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment IX to the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, addresses rights of the people that are Unenumerated rights in the Constitution....	Unenumerated rights Unenumerated rights Unenumerated rights are sometimes defined as legal rights inferred from other legal rights that are officialized in a retrievable form codified by law institutions, such as in written constitutions, but are not themselves expressly coded or "enumerated" among the extant writ of the law....	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
10th Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Tenth Amendment restates the Constitution's principle of Federalism by providing that powers not granted to the National government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the...	limits the power of the Federal government Federal government of the United States The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....	September 25, 1789	December 15, 1791	Full text
11th Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed by the United States Congress on March 4, 1794 and was ratified on February 7, 1795....	Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity Sovereign immunity Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a type of immunity that in common law jurisdictions traces its origins from early English law. Generally speaking it is the doctrine that the monarch or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from lawsuit or criminal law; hence the saying, the king can do no wrong.... .	March 4, 1794	February 7, 1795	Full text
12th Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the procedure by which the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States are elected....	Revision of presidential election United States Electoral College The Electoral College consists of the popularly elected representatives who formally elect the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.... procedures	December 9, 1803	June 15, 1804	Full text
13th Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime....	Abolition of slavery, except as punishment for a crime.	January 31, 1865	December 6, 1865	Full text
14th Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the post-American Civil War Reconstruction Amendments that was first intended to secure the rights of former Slavery in the United States....	Citizenship Citizenship Clause The 'citizenship clause' refers to a provision, in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution at section one, clause 1. This clause represented United States Congress's reversal of that portion of the Dred Scott v.... , state due process Due process Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law of the land, instead of respecting merely some or most of those legal rights.... , applies Bill of Rights to the states Incorporation (Bill of Rights) Incorporation is the United States legal doctrine by which portions of the United States Bill of Rights are applied to the U.S. state through the Due process#Interpretation of Due Process Clause in U.S.... , revision to apportionment of Representatives United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate.... , Denies public office to anyone who has rebelled against the United States	June 13, 1866	July 9, 1868	Full text
15th Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, colored or previous condition of servitude" ....	Suffrage Suffrage Suffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In that context, it is also called political franchise or simply the franchise.... no longer restricted by race	February 26, 1869	February 3, 1870	Full text
16th Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1913. This Amendment overruled Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. , which greatly limited U.S....	Allows federal income tax Income tax An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of people, corporations, or other legal entities. Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence....	July 12, 1909	February 3, 1913	Full text
17th Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed the United States Senate on June 12, 1911, the United States House of Representatives on May 13, 1912 and the U.S....	Direct election to the United States Senate United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....	May 13, 1912	April 8, 1913	Full text
18th Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XVIII of the United States Constitution, along with the Volstead Act , established Prohibition in the United States. Its ratification was certified on January 29, 1919....	Prohibition of alcohol Prohibition in the United States In the history of the United States, Prohibition is the period from 1920 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of Alcoholic beverage for consumption were banned nationally as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.... (Repealed by 21st amendment)	December 18, 1917	January 16, 1919	Full text
19th Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each of the U.S. state and the federal government of the United States from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex....	Women's suffrage History of women's suffrage in the United States Women's suffrage in the United States was achieved gradually, at state and local levels, during the 19th Century and early 20th Century, culminating in 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provided: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the...	June 4, 1919	August 18, 1920	Full text
20th Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes some of the details dealing with the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal officials....	Term Commencement for congress (January 3) and president (January 20.) (This amendment is also known as the "lame duck amendment".)	March 2, 1932	January 23, 1933	Full text
21st Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition in the United States....	Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XVIII of the United States Constitution, along with the Volstead Act , established Prohibition in the United States. Its ratification was certified on January 29, 1919.... ; state and local prohibition Prohibition in the United States In the history of the United States, Prohibition is the period from 1920 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of Alcoholic beverage for consumption were banned nationally as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.... no longer required by law.	February 20, 1933	December 5, 1933	Full text
22nd Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for the President of the United States. The United States Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947....	Limits the president to two terms	March 24, 1947	February 27, 1951	Full text
23rd Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XXIII was the twenty-third List of amendments to the United States Constitution to the United States Constitution which permits the Washington, D.C....	Representation of Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790.... in the Electoral College Electoral college An electoral college is a set of Votings who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office. Often these represent different organizations or entity, with each organization or entity represented by a particular number of electors or with votes weighted in a particular way....	June 16, 1960	March 29, 1961	Full text
24th Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XXIV prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in United States Government elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax....	Prohibition of the restriction of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes	September 14, 1962	January 23, 1964	Full text
25th Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the United States Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the United States Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities....	Presidential Succession	July 6, 1965	February 10, 1967	Full text
26th Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution The 'Twenty-sixth Amendment' to the United States Constitution standardized the voting age to 18. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War and to partially overrule the Supreme Court of the United States decision in Oregon v....	Voting age nationally established as age 18 (see suffrage Suffrage Suffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In that context, it is also called political franchise or simply the franchise.... )	March 23, 1971	July 1, 1971	Full text
27th Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-seventh Amendment is the most recent Article Five of the United States Constitution to the United States Constitution, having been ratified in 1992, more than 202 years after its initial submission in 1789....	Variance of congressional compensation	September 25, 1789	May 7, 1992	Full text

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 Apportionment (politics) Apportionment is the process of allocating political power among a set of principles . In most representative governments, political power has most recently been apportioned among constituencies based on population, but there is a long history of different approaches.... of U.S. Representatives
Titles of Nobility Amendment Titles of Nobility amendment The Titles of Nobility Amendment was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution dating from 1810. It was submitted to the state legislatures during the 2nd Session of the 11th Congress via a resolution offered by U.S....	May 1, 1810	Still pending before state lawmakers	Prohibition of titles of nobility
Corwin Amendment Corwin amendment The Corwin Amendment was a Article Five of the United States Constitution to the United States Constitution passed by the United States Congress on March 2, 1861....	March 2, 1861	Technically still pending before state lawmakers, but rendered moot by the 13th Amendment	Preservation of slavery Slavery Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
Child Labor Amendment Child Labor Amendment The Child Labor Amendment was, and remains, a proposed ? and technically still-pending ? amendment to the United States Constitution offered by Republican Party Ohio Congressman Israel Moore Foster during the Sixty-eighth United States Congress in the form of House Joint Resolution No....	June 2, 1924	Still pending before state lawmakers	Congressional power to regulate child labor Child labor Child labour, or child labor, is the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many countries and international organizations....
Equal Rights Amendment Equal Rights Amendment The Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed Article Five of the United States Constitution to the United States Constitution which was intended to guarantee Women's rights under the law for United States regardless of sex....	March 22, 1972	Expired 1979 or 1982 (some scholars disagree -- see main article).	Prohibition of inequality of men and women
District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment was a Unsuccessful attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution to the United States Constitution which would give the Washington, D.C....	August 22, 1978	Expired 1986	D.C. voting rights

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Amendments to the United States Constitution

List of amendments to the United States Constitution

Unratified proposed amendments

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