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7670022301Amendment 1Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press0
7670025058Amendment 2The Right to Bear Arms1
7670031091Amendment 3The Housing of Soldiers2
7670033915Amendment 4Protection from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures3
7670048221Amendment 5Protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.4
7670052967Amendment 6Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel.5
7670057214Amendment 7Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.6
7670060475Amendment 8Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Forbidden7
7670063567Amendment 9Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution.8
7670066581Amendment 10Reinforces the principle of federalism by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the states or the people through the Constitution.9
7670119149Amendment 11Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for sovereign immunity.10
7670119150Amendment 12Revises presidential election procedures.11
7670121841Amendment 13Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.12
7670121842Amendment 14Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.13
7670121843Amendment 15Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.14
7670124821Amendment 16Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.15
7670124822Amendment 17Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.16
7670154007Amendment 18Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.17
7670149871Amendment 19Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.18
7670149872Amendment 20Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.19
7670138639Amendment 23Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College.20
7670132071Amendment 24Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax.21
7670132072Amendment 25Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President,22
7670147390Amendment 21Repeals the 18th Amendment23
7670129885Amendment 26Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.24
7670147391Amendment 22Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president:25
7670129886Amendment 27Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.26

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