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The following is a list of the 27 constitutional amendments. Twenty-five of these constitutional amendments are currently active. The two amendments of the constitution that are inactive are the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) and the 21st Amendment (Repeal of Prohibition). You can also download a PDF of the 27 Amendments if you wish to.
Bill of Rights. First Amendment [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] (see explanation) Second Amendment [Right to Bear Arms (1791)] (see explanation) Third Amendment [Quartering of Troops (1791)] (see explanation) Fourth Amendment [Search and Seizure (1791)] (see explanation)
Approximately 11,848 proposals to amend the Constitution have been introduced in Congress since 1789 (as of January 3, 2019). [7] Collectively, members of the House and Senate typically propose around 200 amendments during each two-year term of Congress. [8]
Bill of Rights, in the United States, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which were adopted as a single unit on December 15, 1791, and which constitute a collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights and of limitations on federal and state governments.
The United States Bill of Rights: First 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Preamble. Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
Twenty-Seventh Amendment. Twenty-Seventh Amendment Explained. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. The original text of the United States Constitution and its Amendments.
The Bill of Rights is a founding documents written by James Madison. It makes up the first ten amendments to the Constitution including freedom of speech and due process.
Together with the Bill of Rights, these broad protections form the foundations of civil rights law in the United States, and have been invoked over the years by various groups of citizens (as...
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Amendment 10 States' rights. The Bill of Rights became law on December 15, 1791. On the 150th Anniversary of that historic date, December 15, 1941, this program was broadcast to an estimated 63 million listeners (almost half of the U.S. population).