What amendments passed
The Amendments - The National Constitution Center
There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution, beginning with the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments, ratified December 15, 1791.
All Amendments to the United States Constitution
ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the ...
Four years after the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the American people ratified a new amendment—the 11th Amendment (1795). This amendment bans the ...
The Constitution | The White House
The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification. In modern ...
List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia
Proposal and ratification process · The U.S. Congress, whenever a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives deem it necessary; or ...
U.S. Constitution - Twenty-Seventh Amendment | Library of Congress
The original text of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
The Bill of Rights: A Transcription - National Archives
The following text is a transcription of the enrolled original of the Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the Bill of Rights.
U.S. Constitution--Amendments - GovInfo
notice of the date on which a State ratified a proposed constitutional amendment. Accord- ingly the Court consulted the State journals to determine the dates on ...
the Constitutional Amendments ‑ Summaries, Changes & Significance
Since the Constitution was ratified in 1789, hundreds of thousands of bills have been introduced attempting to amend it. But only 27 amendments ...
Amendments 11-27 - The United States Constitution
The 13th Amendment is perhaps the most important amendment in American history. Ratified in 1865, it was the first of three "Reconstruction ...
Interpretation: The Twenty-Seventh Amendment | Constitution Center
Common Interpretation by Steven G. Calabresi, Clayton J. and Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law.
Amendment 12 – “Electing the President and Vice President”
The Twelfth Amendment made a series of adjustments to the Electoral College system. For the electors, it was now mandated that a distinct vote had to be taken ...
(1865) Reconstruction Amendments, 1865-1870 • - Blackpast
Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865. Note: A portion of Article IV, section 2, of the Constitution was superseded by the 13th ...
Voting rights laws and constitutional amendments - USAGov
Learn about the federal laws and constitutional amendments that protect your voting rights and make it easier for you to vote.
Fourteenth Amendment | Resources | Constitution Annotated
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person ...
Periods of Constitutional Change and the 27 Amendments
We have ratified 27 constitutional amendments across American history. We can divide these amendments into four different periods of constitutional reform.
Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 16 – “Income Taxes”
Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 16 – “Income Taxes” ... Amendment Sixteen to the Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1913. It grants Congress the ...
2024 Election Ballot Measures: Abortion, Immigration and More
Constitutional amendments related to abortion rights have drawn the most national attention. But ballot measures in dozens of other states ...
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State ...
Voters Across the Country Amend Their Constitutions
Colorado, Montana, Maryland and New York all passed measures that would solidify the already-existing abortion rights in those states by ...