Presidential
This Amendment ensures that no president shall ever serve more than 2 terms in office.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Granting the right to vote to Women in the U.S was the result of this amendment
What is the 19th Amendment?
This Amendment protects the people right to Religion, Speech, Press, and Assembly.
This Amendment explains that the people's right to bear arms is protected by law.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This Amendment was known as the prohibition amendment, and it banned the production and distribution of alcohol in the U.S
What is the 18th Amendment?
In circumstances of succession where the president either dies, resigns, or is removed from office, this amendment states the procedures for the new head of state (The Vice President) to be sworn in.
What is the 25th Amendment?
This Amendment was a direct response to the Quartering Act that the British imposed on colonists before independence, and prohibits the forceful housing of soldiers in the homes of citizens.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This Amendment protects U.S citizens from unrightful searches and seizures of their property or in their homes.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This Amendment submits that any changes to the salary of those in Congress should not take effect until the next election of representatives.
What is the 27th Amendment?
This amendment was passed under the nickname of the "Lame Duck amendment", and its function was to make January 20th the inauguration day for the president-elect and the last day in office for the current president.
What is the 20th Amendment?
This Amendment, another of the Reconstruction amendments, outlined the illegality of Voter Discrimination in regard to Race, Color, or Servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment.
This amendment relates to the concept of Double Jeopardy, and states that a person who was tried for a crime and found innocent cannot be tried again for the same crime.
This Amendment says that the rights granted by the constitution apply only to the federal government, and states have power over all else.
What is the 10th Amendment?
This Amendment is about the right of any citizen of the United States to vote for candidates in any election for Presidential, Senate, or Congress representatives, even if they have missed a tax payment.
What is the 24th Amendment?
To form a basis for the election of the President and Vice President, this amendment created the concept of the Electoral College.
What is the 12th Amendment?
This amendment was passed due to the controversy in the Vietnam War, regarding how some soldiers were being sent to war before they were even able to vote. This amendment in turn lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This amendment gives the right for any claimant to take a matter to court when the value in question is over 20$ worth.
What is the 7th Amendment?
This amendment states that citizens have far more rights that what the constitution states explicitly.
What is the 9th Amendment?
This Amendment is the notion that the right for citizens to sue a state only applies to residents in that state. In other words, Texans can’t sue the State of New Mexico.
What is the 11th Amendment?
This Amendment permitted citizens of Washington D.C the right to choose electors in presidential elections.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
President Lincoln pushed for this amendment to be passed, it was the first of the Reconstruction amendments, and it outlawed slavery in the U.S
What is the 13th Amendment?
This amendment grants the right to a quick and speedy trial to all citizens.
This Amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishment of criminals within the U.S, and also prohibits excessive bail amounts.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This amendment lays out the terms for the election and term conditions of Senators in the U.S
What is the 17th Amendment?