There are some old fashion amendments we need to erase, lets start with one thru 10, no one reads this stuff anyway, we are all at Walmart getting that really needed necessity from China aren't we?
Amendments
Proposal date
Enactment date
Full text
1st
Protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
2nd
Protects the right to bear arms
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
3rd
Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers out of war time
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
4th
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
5th
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
6th
Protects the right to have 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
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
7th
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
8th
Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
9th
Asserts the existence of unenumerated rights retained by the people
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
10th
Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution
September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791
Full text
11th
Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity
March 4, 1794
February 7, 1795
Full text
12th
Revises presidential election procedures
December 9, 1803
June 15, 1804
Full text
13th
Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
January 31, 1865
December 6, 1865
Full text
14th
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues
June 13, 1866
July 9, 1868
Full text
15th
Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
February 26, 1869
February 3, 1870
Full text
16th
Allows the federal government to collect income tax
July 12, 1909
February 3, 1913
Full text
17th
Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote
May 13, 1912
April 8, 1913
Full text
18th
Establishes Prohibition of alcohol (Repealed by Twenty-first Amendment)
December 18, 1917
January 16, 1919
Full text
19th
Establishes women's suffrage
June 4, 1919
August 18, 1920
Full text
20th
Fixes the dates of term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20); known as the "lame duck amendment"
March 2, 1932
January 23, 1933
Full text
21st
Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment
February 20, 1933
December 5, 1933
Full text
22nd
Limits the president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years (i.e., if a Vice President serves not more than one half of a President's term, he or she can be elected to a further two terms)
March 24, 1947
February 27, 1951
Full text
23rd
Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College
June 16, 1960
March 29, 1961
Full text
24th
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes
September 14, 1962
January 23, 1964
Full text
25th
Codifies the Tyler Precedent; defines the process of presidential succession
July 6, 1965
February 10, 1967
Full text
26th
Establishes the official voting age to be 18 years old
March 23, 1971
July 1, 1971
Full text
27th
Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until the beginning of the next session of Congress
September 25, 1789
May 5 or 7, 1992[1]
Full text
Proposed Amendments
Six amendments proposed by Congress have failed to be ratified by the appropriate number of states' legislatures. Four of these amendments are still technically pending before state lawmakers—the other two have expired by their own terms.
Amendment
Date Proposed
Status
Subject
Congressional Apportionment Amendment
September 25, 1789
Still pending before state lawmakers
Apportionment of U.S. Representatives
Titles of Nobility Amendment
May 1, 1810
Still pending before state lawmakers
Prohibition of titles of nobility
Corwin Amendment
March 2, 1861
Still pending before state lawmakers
Preservation of slavery
Child Labor Amendment
June 2, 1924
Still pending before state lawmakers
Congressional power to regulate child labor
Equal Rights Amendment
March 22, 1972
Expired 1979 or 1982 (some scholars disagree -- see main article), though possibly still able to be ratified as deadline has previously been extended and deadline was not placed in the Amendment's text.
Prohibition of inequality of men and women
District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment
August 22, 1978
Expired 1985
D.C. voting rights
See also
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United States Bill of Rights
Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution
List of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution
State ratifying conventions
