27 amendments

First Amendment

Protects the freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

Second Amendment

Protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Third Amendment

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent.

Fourth Amendment

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Fifth Amendment

Provides for the right to due process, prohibits double jeopardy, and protects against self-incrimination.

Sixth Amendment

Guarantees the right to a fair and speedy trial by an impartial jury.

Seventh Amendment

Preserves the right to a jury trial in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment

Prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

Ninth Amendment

Affirms that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny other rights retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment

States that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states.

Eleventh Amendment

Limits the ability of individuals to sue states in federal court.

Twelfth Amendment

Revises presidential election procedures, including the Electoral College.

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude.

Fourteenth Amendment

Grants citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.

Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Sixteenth Amendment

Allows Congress to levy income taxes.

Seventeenth Amendment

Establishes the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote.

Eighteenth Amendment

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages (Prohibition).

Nineteenth Amendment

Grants women the right to vote.

Twentieth Amendment

Changes the dates for the start of presidential and congressional terms.

Twenty-first Amendment

Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, ending Prohibition.

Twenty-second Amendment

Limits the president to two terms in office.

Twenty-third Amendment

Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College.

Twenty-fourth Amendment

Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections.

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Establishes procedures for presidential succession and disability.

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Lowers the voting age to 18 years.

Twenty-seventh Amendment

Prevents laws affecting congressional salary from taking effect until the next election.