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

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

Sixth Amendment

Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and the right to counsel.

Seventh Amendment

Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases.

Eighth Amendment

Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

Ninth Amendment

Affirms that the rights enumerated in the Constitution are not exhaustive.

Tenth Amendment

Reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people.

Eleventh Amendment

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

Twelfth Amendment

Revises the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude.

Fourteenth Amendment

Defines citizenship and provides equal protection under the law.

Fifteenth Amendment

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

Sixteenth Amendment

Permits Congress to levy an income tax.

Seventeenth Amendment

Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators.

Eighteenth Amendment

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

Nineteenth Amendment

Grants women the right to vote.

Twentieth Amendment

Changes the dates for the beginning 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 electors to the District of Columbia in presidential elections.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Prohibits the use of 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

Restricts congressional pay increases from taking effect until after the next election.