The Amendments

The Amendments # 1st 2nd 3rd Subject Date Date Ratification submitted for ratification time span[5] Ratification[3] completed[4] Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on thefreedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. September 25, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 Protects the right to keep and bear arms. September 25, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 September 25, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime. 2 months 20 days 2 months 20 days 2 months 20 days 4th Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets September 25, December 15, 2 years out requirements for search warrants based 2 months 1789 1791 on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or 20 days magistrate. 5th Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right todue process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy. September 25, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 Protects the right to 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, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil September 25, December 15, 2 years 6th 7th 2 months 20 days 2 months 20 days cases, according to common law. 1789 1791 Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. September 25, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution. September 25, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 10th Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution. September 25, December 15, 2 years 1789 1791 2 months 20 days 11th Makes states immune 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, 11 months 3 days 12th Revises presidential election procedures. December 9, 8th 9th 1795 2 months 20 days 2 months 20 days June 15, 1804 6 months 6 days 1803 13th Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. 2 months 20 days January 31, December 6, 1865 1865 10 months 6 days 14th Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or June 13, 1866 Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues. July 9, 1868 2 years 0 months 26 days 15th Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. February 26, February 3, 1869 1870 11 months 8 days 16th Allows the federal government to collect income tax. July 12, 1909 February 3, 1913 3 years 6 months 22 days 17th Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. May 13, 1912 April 8, 1913 10 months 26 days 18th Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. December 18, January 16, 1917 1919 1 years 0 months 29 days June 4, 1919 August 18, (Repealed December 5, 1933) 19th Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex. 1920 20th Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin. March 2, 1932 21st Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use in violation of applicable laws. February 20, December 5, 1933 1933 January 23, 1933 1 years 2 months 14 days 10 months 21 days 9 months 15 days 22nd Limits the number of times that a person can be elected March 24, 1947 February 27, president: a person cannot be elected president more 1951 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. 3 years 11 months 6 days 23rd Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College. June 16, 1960 9 months 12 days 24th Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the nonpayment of a poll tax. September 14, January 23, 1962 1964 March 29, 1961 1 years 4 months 27 days 25th 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. July 6, 1965 26th Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. March 23, 1971 July 1, 1971 3 months 8 days 27th Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. September 25, 202 years 7 months 12 days February 10, 1967 1789 May 7, 1992 1 years 7 months 4 days