Constitution Day: September 17: Home

First Amendment

• Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

Second Amendment

• Right to Bear Arms

Third Amendment

• Quartering of Soldiers

Fourth Amendment

• Search & Seizure

Fifth Amendment

• Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings

Sixth Amendment

• Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel

Seventh Amendment

• Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits

Eighth Amendment

•  Excessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishments

Ninth Amendment

• Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People

Tenth Amendment

• Rights Reserved to States or People

Eleventh Amendment

• Suits Against States

Twelfth Amendment

• Election of President and Vice President

Thirteenth Amendment

• Abolition of Slavery

Fourteenth Amendment

• Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt

Fifteenth Amendment

• Right to Vote Not Denied by Race

Sixteenth Amendment

• Income Tax

Seventeenth Amendment

• Popular Election of Senators

Eighteenth Amendment

• Prohibition of Liquor

Nineteenth Amendment

• Women’s Right to Vote

Twentieth Amendment

• Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress

Twenty-First Amendment

• Repeal of Prohibition

Twenty-Second Amendment

• Two-Term Limit on Presidency

Twenty-Third Amendment

• Presidential Vote for D.C.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

• Abolition of Poll Taxes

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

• Presidential Disability and Succession

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

• Right to Vote at Age 18

Twenty-Seventh Amendment

• Congressional Compensation