Constitutional Amendments
Every amendment to the US Constitution, from Congress's proposal to its ratification — the Bill of Rights side by side, the 27th across 202 years — and the six never ratified.
Events 33 totals
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Sep
25
1789
📜 27th Amendment · Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 2nd Amendment · Protects the right to keep and bear arms
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Sep
25
1789
📜 3rd Amendment · Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes
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Sep
25
1789
📜 4th Amendment · Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 5th Amendment · Sets rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 6th Amendment · Protects the right to a speedy public trial by jury, to notification…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 7th Amendment · Provides for the right to a jury trial in civil lawsuits
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Sep
25
1789
📜 8th Amendment · Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 9th Amendment · States that rights not enumerated in the Constitution are retained…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 10th Amendment · States that the federal government possesses only those powers…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 1st Amendment · Protects freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the…
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Sep
25
1789
📜 Congressional Apportionment Amendment · Would strictly regulate the number of seats in the United States… · pending
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Mar
4
1794
📜 11th Amendment · Immunizes states from suits brought by out-of-state citizens and…
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Dec
9
1803
📜 12th Amendment · Establishes that the vice president is elected together with the…
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May
1
1810
📜 Titles of Nobility Amendment · Would strip citizenship from any United States citizen who accepts a… · pending
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Mar
2
1861
📜 Corwin Amendment · Would make the states' "domestic institutions" (i.e. slavery)… · pending
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Jan
31
1865
📜 13th Amendment · Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment…
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Jun
13
1866
📜 14th Amendment · Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause,…
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Feb
26
1869
📜 15th Amendment · Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or…
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Jul
12
1909
📜 16th Amendment · Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among…
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May
13
1912
📜 17th Amendment · Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular…
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Dec
18
1917
📜 18th Amendment · Prohibits the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United…
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Jun
4
1919
📜 19th Amendment · Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex
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Jun
2
1924
📜 Child Labor Amendment · Would empower the federal government to limit, regulate and prohibit… · pending
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Mar
2
1932
📜 20th Amendment · Changes the dates on which the terms of the president and vice…
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