Articles and amendments to the US constitution

Article 1

Creates the 2 chambers that make up congress, and places the responsibility of making laws on those chambers

Article 2

Creates the job of the president (aka the executive), responsible for law enforcement

Article 3

Establishes judges and the judiciary, and give them the ability to interpret the constitution

Article 4

States rights in relation to the federal government

Article 5

How to change the constitution

Article 6

Concerns the US (oth taking by people who hold pubic office, adherence to treaties)

Article 7

Explanation of how the constitution was agreed to

1st amendment

Protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the government (proposed 1789, ratified 1791)

2nd amendment

Protects the right to keep and bear arms (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

3rd amendment

Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes (solders can’t just move into someone’s house because they want to) (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

4th amendment

Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

5th amendment

Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

6th amendment

Protects the right to a speedy public trial by jury, to notification of criminal accusations, to confront the accuser ,to obtain witnesses and retain councils (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

7th amendment

Provides the right to a jury trial in civil lawsuits (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

8th amendment

Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

9th amendment

States that right not enumerated (listed or mentioned) in the constitution are retained by the people (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

10th amendment

States that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated or enumerated to it through the constitution, and that all other powers are reserved to the states or the people (proposed 1789, completed 1791)

11th amendment

Makes states immune from suit from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for state sovereign immunity (proposed 1794, completed 1795)

12th amendment

Revises presidential election procedures by having the president and vice president elected together as opposed to the vice president being the runner up in the presidential election (proposed 1803, completed 1804) song - election of 1800 from hamilton

13th amendment

Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime (proposed 1865, completed 1865)

14th amendment

Defines citizenship, contains the privileges or immunities clause (a state can’t enforce a law which infringes on rights of citizens), the due process pause (prohibits the deprecation of ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’), and the equal protection clause (no same can deny a persons right to equal justice under the law), and deals with post civil war issues (proposed 1866, completed 1868)

15th amendment

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, colour or previous condition of servitude (proposed 1869, completed 1870)

16th amendment

Permits congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the various states or basing it on the United States census (proposed 1909, completed 1913)

17th amendment

Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote (proposed 1912, completed 1913)

18th amendment

Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the US. (Repealed in 1933 via 21st amendment) (proposed 1917, completed 1919)

19th amendment

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex (proposed 1919, completed 1920)

20th amendment

Changes the dates on which he terms of the president and vice president, and of members of congress, begin and end, to January 20 and January 3 respectfully. States that if the president elect dies before taking office, vice president-elect is to be inaugurated as president (proposed 1932, completed 1933)

21st amendment

Repeals the 18th amendment and makes it a federal offence to transport or import intoxicating liquor into US states and territories where such is prohibited by law (proposed 1933, completed 1933)

22nd amendment

Limits the number of times a person can be elected as president (proposed 1947, completed 1951)

23rd amendment

Grants the District of Colombia (Washington DC) elects in the electoral collage (proposed 1960, completed 1961)

24th amendment

Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll tax or any other tax (proposed 1962, completed 1964)

25th amendment

Addresses succession to the presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president and responding to presidential disabilities (proposed 1965, completed 1967)

26th amendment

Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens 18 years of age or older, to vote on account of age (proposed 1971, completed 1971)

27th amendment

Delays laws affecting congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives (proposed 1789, completed 1992)