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What are the passed amendments of the Constitution since the bill of rights was written?

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  1. Do you mean "passed" amendments or "past" amendments?

    Anyway, since the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments), 17 additional amendments have been ratified (NOT "passed"):

    11th (1795): Clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals, and limits ability of citizens to sue states in federal courts and under federal law.

    12th Amendment (1804): Changes the method of presidential elections so that members of the Electoral College cast separate ballots for president and vice president.

    13th Amendment (1865): Abolishes slavery and grants Congress power to enforce abolition.

    14th Amendment (1868): Defines a set of guarantees for United States citizenship; prohibits states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities and rights to due process and the equal protection of the law; repeals the Three-fifths compromise; prohibits repudiation of the federal debt caused by the Civil War.

    15th Amendment (1870): Forbids the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting.

    16th Amendment (1913): Authorizes unapportioned federal taxes on income.

    17th Amendment (1913): Establishes direct election of senators.

    18th Amendment (1919): Prohibited the manufacturing, importing, and exporting of alcoholic beverages. Repealed by the 21st Amendment.

    19th Amendment (1920): Prohibits the federal government and the states from forbidding any citizen to vote due to their s*x.

    20th Amendment (1933): Changes details of Congressional and presidential terms and of presidential succession.

    21st Amendment (1933): Repeals Eighteenth Amendment. Permits states to prohibit the importation of alcoholic beverages.

    22nd Amendment (1951): Limits president to two terms.

    23rd Amendment (1961): Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia.)

    24th Amendment (1964): Prohibits the federal government and the states from requiring the payment of a tax as a qualification for voting for federal officials.

    25th Amendment (1967): Changes details of presidential succession, provides for temporary removal of president, and provides for replacement of the vice president

    26th Amendment (1971): Prohibits the federal government and the states from forbidding any citizen of age 18 or greater to vote on account of their age.

    27th Amendment (1992): Limits congressional pay raises.  

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