USA Constitution Ratified Amendments
Synopsis of each ratified amendment
| # | Subject | Date submitted for Ratification[3] | Date ratification completed[4] | Ratification time span[5] |
| 1st |
Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 2nd |
Protects the right to keep and bear arms. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 3rd |
Prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 4th |
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 5th |
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 6th |
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, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 7th |
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 8th |
Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 9th |
Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
2 months
20 days |
| 10th |
Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution. |
September 25, 1789 |
December 15, 1791 |
2 years
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, 1795 |
11 months
3 days |
| 12th |
Revises presidential election procedures. |
December 9, 1803 |
June 15, 1804 |
6 months
6 days |
| 13th |
Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. |
January 31, 1865 |
December 6, 1865 |
10 months
6 days |
| 14th |
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues. |
June 13, 1866 |
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, 1869 |
February 3, 1870 |
11 months
8 days |
| 16th |
Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. |
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.
(Repealed December 5, 1933) |
December 18, 1917 |
January 16, 1919 |
1 year
0 months
29 days |
| 19th |
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex. |
June 4, 1919 |
August 18, 1920 |
1 year
2 months
14 days |
| 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 |
January 23, 1933 |
10 months
21 days |
| 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, 1933 |
December 5, 1933 |
9 months
15 days |
| 22nd |
Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more 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. |
March 24, 1947 |
February 27, 1951 |
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 |
March 29, 1961 |
9 months
12 days |
| 24th |
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax. |
September 14, 1962 |
January 23, 1964 |
1 year
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 |
February 10, 1967 |
1 year
7 months
4 days |
| 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, 1789 |
May 7, 1992 |
202 years
7 months
12 days |
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Basic information here
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| The United States Constitution and Bill Of Rights were put into place by the new thinking government of the youngest Country in the world, the USA. The intent is to preserve the rights of the people, by the people and for the people. |
In line with the new Democracy the USA would propell its new economy with a Capitalistic structure, promoting people right to work and earn a living and prosper offered through the United States Constitution.
This was in direct conflict of the rest of the worlds Dictator like structures which had over time controlled the people and their religion, belief's, freedom of speech and all other freedom, concluding in proscution and death for no reason.
America's Constitution is the only protector American's have to safeguard a good life, liberty from government over rule and to be happy and enjoy the persuit of this happiness.
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The reason for America's development in the first place was to gain over all freedom from Facists like governments (as an example, Hitlers Germany the most recent) dominance and control.
Happy 4th of July 2014!
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Although America has survived many encounters by its own political forces it has dwindled in the observation of the original doctrins and keeps getting impact moreso today than ever. An example of this is "The Right To Work " initivive. We live in America not some Communist country.
We have had the right to work since our begining. This was perfected by the unions that developed in the early 1900's that have protected the workers and primarily the middle classes of Americans to date.
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