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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. This means, nobody can sue a state in federal court without the consent of the state concerned -
12th amendment
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall -
13th Amendment
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. This means slavery is abolished and Slavery and involuntary labor is illegal -
14th Amendment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Im5f4QIcXRyDOV1KEo8GoHHxdUnxhGLsbeT04jkwR8Q/edit?usp=sharingThis basically means that no State would be allowed to abridge privelages of citizens, and no citizen can be deprived of life or liberty. -
15th Amendment
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation
this means that racial policies aren't possible when voting -
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 or enumeration This makes tax legal and they can force you to pay -
17th Amendment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19WMnlOhvPWd4ATs4jdJqrjN9lTzNWgP-rKh0w_-f_gk/edit?usp=sharing</a>It established the direct election of senators. -
18th Amendment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y37-HpkO7-BD1geKWknKEgQppD2eQ-PQwzqm28E7feU/edit?usp=sharingthe 18th Amendment banned alcohol, but it didn't prohibit the purchase or consumption of alcohol -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. This means that no person can be denied being able to vote based on their sex. -
20th Amendment
http://docs.google.com/document/d/1thpHywrPivBhlDg_gNRzNMidbZsBgpWF8fsiQ8i6BdU/edit?usp=sharing This ammendment set the dates that president and vice president were in office -
21st Amendment
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by This means that alchohol is legal again. but cant be imported -
22nd Amendment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iMww7wrhJRcuXJeRnUFqE7w8RcIacFCL3d9msa7YaVo/edit?usp=sharing This puts a limit on how long a president can stay in office -
23rd Amendment
Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, Dc Could vote now is what this means -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. This means no taxes on polls -
25th Amendment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GD9OSiObINmBx-ojzg3f5kYYWjBq6yEWQ31iLfEvzc/edit?usp=sharing</a> In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. -
26th amendment
Section 1.The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.
Section 2.The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. This means you can vote at 18 years old -
27th amendment
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
