11-27 amendments

  • 11th Amendment

    The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
  • 12th Amendment

    Presidential election procedures:
    Providing for election of the president and vice president by the electoral college: should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives (one vote per state) chooses the president and the Senate the vice president.
  • 13th Amendment

    Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, shall exist within the United States.
  • 14th Amendment

    Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.
  • 15th Amendment

    Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  • 16th Amendment

    The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census.
  • 17th Amendment

    Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
  • 18th Amendment

    Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.
  • 19th Amendment

    Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.
  • 20th Amendment

    Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.
  • 21st Amendment

    Repeals the 18th Amendment and makes it a federal offense to transport or import intoxicating liquors into US states and territories where such transport or importation is prohibited by the laws of those states and territories.
  • 22nd Amendment

    Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once.
  • 23rd Amendment

    Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College.
  • 24th Amendment

    Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax.
  • 25th Amendment

    Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
  • 26th Amendment

    Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.
  • 27th Amendment

    Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.