Category: Amendments

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 20 Amendment 20 – Presidential, Congressional Terms <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 2 Amendment 2 – Right to Bear Arms <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Notes for this amendment: Proposed 9/25/1789 Ratified 12/15/1791 Note…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 19 Amendment 19 – Women’s Suffrage <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 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…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 18 Amendment 18 – Liquor Abolished <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 17 Amendment 17 – Senators Elected by Popular Vote <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 16 Amendment 16 – Status of Income Tax Clarified <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 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. Notes for this amendment: Proposed…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 15 Amendment 15 – Race No Bar to Vote <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 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.…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 14 Amendment 14 – Citizenship Rights <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 13 Amendment 13 – Slavery Abolished <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 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. 2. Congress shall have power…

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 12 Amendment 12 – Choosing the President, Vice-President <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 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…