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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.