HOW MANY TIMES
HAS THE CONSTITUTION BEEN FORMALLY AMENDED?
N.B. – the different colored
type designates each time the constitution was amended
AMENDMENT I
1. Freedom
of Speech
2. Freedom
of Press
3. Freedom
of Assembly
4. Freedom
of Petition
5. Freedom
of Religion
6. Freedom
Against an Establishment of Religion
AMENDMENT II
7. Right
to Bear Arms
AMENDMENT III
8. Right
Against Quartering of Troops
AMENDMENT IV
9. Right
Against Unreasonable Searches
10. Right Against
Unreasonable Seizures
11. No Warrant Shall Be Issued Without Just Cause
AMENDMENT V
12. Right To an
Indictment
13. Right Against Double
Jeopardy
14. Right Against
Self-Incrimination
15. Right To Due Process
(Life,
AMENDMENT VI
16. Right To a Speedy
Trial
17. Right To a Public Trial
18. Right To an
Impartial Jury
19. Right To Be Tried in
the State and District Where the Crime Was Committed
20. Right To Be Informed
of the Accusation
21. Right to Confront Witnesses
22. Right To Obtain
Witnesses in One’s Own Behalf
23. Right To Council
AMENDMENT VII
24. Right To a Jury
Trial in Civil Suits Exceeding $20
AMENDMENT VIII
25. Right Against Cruel
Punishments
26. Right Against
Unusual Punishments
27. Right Against
Excessive Bail
28. Right Against
Excessive Fines
AMENDMENT IX
-
Reserved Powers of the People
AMENDMENT X
-
Reserved Powers of the States
AMENDMENT XI
-
Deletes from the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, cases involving a state and
a citizen of another state
AMENDMENT XII
-
Places the President and Vice President upon Separate Ballots in the Electoral
College
AMENDMENT XIII
- Freed the Slaves
AMENDMENT XIV
-
Gave African Americans Citizenship
AMENDMENT XV
-
Gave African Americans the Franchise (the right to vote)
AMENDMENT XVI
-
Federal Income Tax Instituted
AMENDMENT XVII
-
Direct Election of Senators
AMENDMENT XVIII
- Prohibition
AMENDMENT XIX
- Gave Women the Franchise
AMENDMENT XX
-
Lame Duck Amendment ( moves the date of the
Presidential inauguration from March to January)
AMENDMENT XXI
- Repeal of Prohibition
- Only amendment to be ratified by Special Conventions in 3/4ths of the states
AMENDMENT XXII
-
Limits the President to two consecutive elective terms
AMENDMENT XXIII
-
Gave residents of
AMENDMENT XXIV
-
Eliminated the Poll Tax
AMENDMENT XXV
-
Made Provisions for Filling the Office of President and Vice President in the
event of vacancy or disability
AMENDMENT XXVI
-
Gave 18 yr. olds the Franchise
AMENDMENT XXVII
-
Congressional Pay
Increases Would not take effect until the succeeding congress
INSTEAD OF 27 THE CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN AMENDED 15
7IMES
THIS IS
TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS
WELL
WRITTEN
DIFFICULT
TO AMEND
1
1 -10
2
11
3
12
4
13 – 14 – 15
5
16
6
17
18 and 21 cancel
7
19
8
20
9
21
10
22
11
23
12
24
13
25
14
26
15
27