List of amendments

List of amendments to the United States Constitution

 1st
Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 2nd
Protects the right to keep and bear arms. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 3rd
Places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, prohibiting it during peacetime. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 4th
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 5th
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 6th
Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 7th
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 8th
Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 9th
Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution, however nebulous and undecypherable they may be. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 10th
Reinforces the principle of federalism by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the states or the people through the Constitution. 
ratified December 15, 1791

 11th
Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for sovereign immunity. 
ratified February 7, 1795

 12th
Revises presidential election procedures. 
ratified June 15, 1804

 13th
Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. 
ratified December 6, 1865

 14th
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues. 
ratified July 9, 1868

 15th
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
ratified February 3, 1870

 16th
Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. 
ratified February 3, 1913

 17th
Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. 
ratified April 8, 1913

 18th
Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.
(Repealed December 5, 1933) 
ratified January 16, 1919

 19th
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex. 
ratified August 18, 1920

 20th
Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin. 
ratified January 23, 1933

 21st
Repeals the 18th Amendment and gives the States the power to prohibit or regulate the transportation or importation of alcohol for delivery or use. 
ratified December 5, 1933

 22nd
Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once. 
ratified February 27, 1951

 23rd
Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College. 
ratified March 29, 1961

 24th
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax. 
ratified January 23, 1964

 25th
Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. 
ratified February 10, 1967

 26th
Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. 
ratified July 1, 1971

 27th
Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. 
ratified May 7, 1992