amendment to the constitution

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First Amendment – Protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
Second Amendment – Right to keep and bear arms.
Third Amendment – Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers in homes during peacetime.
Fourth Amendment – Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; requires a warrant.
Fifth Amendment – Protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and guarantees due process.
Sixth Amendment – Right to a speedy and public trial, legal counsel, and an impartial jury.
Seventh Amendment – Right to a jury trial in civil cases.
Eighth Amendment – Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines or bail.
Ninth Amendment – States that people have rights beyond those listed in the Constitution.
Tenth Amendment – Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states.

Eleventh Amendment (1795) – Limits lawsuits against U.S. states in federal courts.
Twelfth Amendment (1804) – Revises the presidential election process, requiring separate votes for president and vice president.

Thirteenth Amendment (1865) – Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude (except as punishment for a crime).
Fourteenth Amendment (1868) – Defines citizenship, equal protection under the law, and due process.
Fifteenth Amendment (1870) – Grants voting rights to Black men (prohibits race-based voting restrictions).

Sixteenth Amendment (1913) – Allows federal income tax.
Seventeenth Amendment (1913) – Establishes direct election of U.S. senators by the people.
Eighteenth Amendment (1919) – Prohibition of alcohol (later repealed).
Nineteenth Amendment (1920) – Grants women the right to vote.
Twentieth Amendment (1933) – Changes the presidential inauguration date from March 4 to January 20 (shortening the “lame duck” period).
Twenty-First Amendment (1933) – Repeals Prohibition (18th Amendment).

Twenty-Second Amendment (1951) – Limits the president to two terms (or a maximum of 10 years).
Twenty-Third Amendment (1961) – Gives Washington, D.C., electoral votes in presidential elections.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964) – Abolishes poll taxes, which had been used to suppress Black voters.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1967) – Establishes presidential succession and procedures for handling presidential disability.
Twenty-Sixth Amendment (1971) – Lowers the voting age to 18.
Twenty-Seventh Amendment (1992) – Delays congressional pay raises until after the next election.