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)