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Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.?

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Does anybody know where i can find a list of the amendments.?

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  1. Amendments

    Proposal date/ Enactment date/ Full text

    1st Freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to petition, and to assemble September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    2nd The right to keep and bear arms September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    3rd No quartering of soldiers in private houses during peace time, i.e. no Declaration of War has been announced September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    4th Unreasonable Searches and seizures; warrants September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    5th Indictments; Due process; Self-incrimination; Double jeopardy, and rules for Eminent Domain. September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    6th Right to a fair and speedy public trial, Notice of accusations, Confronting one's accuser, Subpoenas, Right to counsel September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    7th Right to trial by jury in civil cases September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    8th No excessive bail & fines or cruel & unusual punishment September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    9th Unenumerated rights September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    10th limits the power of the Federal government September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791[1] Full text

    11th Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreign not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity. March 4, 1794 February 7, 1795 Full text

    12th Revision of presidential election procedures December 9, 1803 June 15, 1804[2] Full text

    13th Abolition of slavery January 31, 1865 December 6, 1865 Full text

    14th Citizenship, state due process, applies Bill of Rights to the states, revision to apportionment of Representatives, Denies public office to anyone who has rebelled against the United States June 13, 1866 July 9, 1868[3] Full text

    15th Racial suffrage February 26, 1869 February 3, 1870[4] Full text

    16th Allows federal income tax July 12, 1909 February 3, 1913 Full text

    17th Direct election to the United States Senate May 13, 1912 April 8, 1913 Full text

    18th Prohibition of alcohol (Repealed by 21st amendment) December 18, 1917 January 16, 1919 Full text

    19th Women's suffrage June 4, 1919 August 18, 1920 Full text

    20th Term Commencement for congress (January 3) and president (January 20). (This amendment is also known as the "lame duck amendment".) March 2, 1932 January 23, 1933 Full text.

    21st Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment; state and local prohibition permitted February 20, 1933 December 5, 1933 Full text

    22nd Limits the president to two terms March 24, 1947 February 27, 1951 Full text

    23rd Representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College June 16, 1960 March 29, 1961 Full text

    24th Prohibition of the restriction of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes September 14, 1962 January 23, 1964 Full text

    25th Presidential disabilities July 6, 1965 February 23, 1967 Full text

    26th Voting age nationally established as age 18 (see suffrage) March 23, 1971 July 1, 1971 Full text

    27th Variance of congressional compensation[1] September 25, 1789 May 7, 1992 Full text

    First date is proposal - second date is ratified.

    You can read full (text) explanation of each ammendment at the Wikipedia web site =

    Just type List of the Ammendments of the US Constituition in your web browser - it will come up.

    By the way - the first ten are called the "Bill of Rights"


  2. See this web site:wiki.answers.com/Q/List_27_amendmen...

  3. Take a look at this website.

    http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/const...

  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ame...

    Easy as 1-2-3

  5. http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/...

    Here is one site. If you google U.S. Constitution a ton of sites pop up.

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