Amendment | | Description | | |
Bill of Rights | | | 3428 | 73 |
1st Amendment | | Freedom of Speech, Religion & Press | 260 | 20 |
Establishment Clause | | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion | 0 | 0 |
Free Exercise Clause | | Congress shall make no law... prohibiting the free exercise thereof [religion]... | 0 | 0 |
2nd Amendment | | Right to bear arms | 3064 | 116 |
3rd Amendment | | Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers out of war time | 1 | 2 |
4th Amendment | | Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based o... | 37 | 9 |
5th Amendment | | Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process,... | 5 | 7 |
6th Amendment | | Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified... | 7 | 2 |
7th Amendment | | Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law | 1 | 2 |
8th Amendment | | Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment | 2 | 8 |
9th Amendment | | Protects rights not enumerated in the constitution. | 2 | 2 |
10th Amendment | | Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution | 10 | 3 |
11th Amendment | | Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the stat... | 1 | 0 |
12th Amendment | | Revises presidential election procedures | 1 | 1 |
Reconstruction Amendments | | Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted betwee... | 96 | 13 |
13th Amendment | | Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime | 14 | 2 |
14th Amendment | | Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equ... | 73 | 9 |
15th Amendment | | Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude | 9 | 1 |
16th Amendment | | Allows the federal government to collect income tax | 6 | 1 |
17th Amendment | | Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote | 1 | 1 |
18th Amendment | | Prohibition of Alcohol | 27 | 7 |
19th Amendment | | Establishes women's suffrage right to vote | 7 | 1 |
20th Amendment | | Fixes the dates of term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20); kno... | 1 | 0 |
21st Amendment | | Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment | 27 | 2 |
22nd Amendment | | Limits the president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years | 13 | 1 |
23rd Amendment | | Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College | 0 | 0 |
24th Amendment | | Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes | 13 | 1 |
25th Amendment | | Codifies the Tyler Precedent; defines the process of presidential succession | 50 | 1 |
26th Amendment | | Establishes the official voting age to be 18 years old | 1 | 1 |
27th Amendment | | Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until the beginning of the next se... | 2 | 0 |