| Journal 11. (2021)
1st Protects freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition the government.
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
2nd Protects the right to keep and bear arms
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
3rd Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
4th Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause
Proposed September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Span: 2 years, 81 days
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
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
6th Protects the right to a speedy public trial by jury, to notification of criminal accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
7th Provides for the right to a jury trial in civil lawsuits
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
8th Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
9th States that rights not enumerated in the Constitution are retained by the people
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
10th States that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated, or enumerated, to it through the Constitution
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: December 15, 1791 Time Span: 2 years, 81 days
11th Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for state sovereign immunity
Proposed: March 4, 1794 Completed: February 7, 1795 Time Span: 340 days
12th Revises presidential election procedures by having the president and vice president elected together as opposed to the vice president being the runner up in the presidential election
Proposed: December 9, 1803 Completed: June 15, 1804 Time Span: 189 days
13th Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
Proposed: January 31, 1865 Completed: December 6, 1865 Time Span 309 days
14th Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post–Civil War issues
Proposed: June 13, 1866 Completed: July 9, 1868 Time Span: 2 years, 26 days
15th Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude
Proposed: February 26, 1869 Completed: February 3, 1870 Time Span: 342 days
16th Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the various states or basing it on the United States Census
Proposed: July 12, 1909 Completed: February 3, 1913 Time Span: 3 years, 206 days
17th Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote
Proposed: May 13, 1912 Completed: April 8, 1913 Time Span: 330 days
18th Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States
(Repealed December 5, 1933, via the 21st Amendment)
Proposed: December 18, 1917 Completed: January 16, 1919 Time Span: 1 year, 29 days
19th Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex
Proposed: June 4, 1919 Completed: August 18, 1920 Time Span: 1 year, 75 days
20th Changes the dates on which the terms of the President and Vice President, and of members of Congress, begin and end, to January 20 and January 3 respectively. States that if the President-elect dies before taking office, the Vice President–elect is to be inaugurated as President.
Proposed: March 2, 1932 Completed: January 23, 1933 Time Span: 327 days
21st Repeals the 18th Amendment and makes it a federal offense to transport or import intoxicating liquors into U.S. states and territories where such is prohibited by law
Proposed: February 20, 1933 Completed: December 5, 1933 Time Span: 288 days
22nd Limits the number of times a person can be elected President.
Proposed: March 21, 1947 Completed: February 27, 1951 Time Span: 3 years, 343 days
23rd Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College
Proposed: June 16, 1960 Completed: March 29, 1961 Time Span: 286 days
24th Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax
Proposed: September 14, 1962 Completed: January 23, 1964 Time Span: 1 year, 131 days
25th Addresses succession to the presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president and responding to presidential disabilities
Proposed: July 6, 1965 Completed: February 10, 1967 Time Span: 1 year, 219 days
26th Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens eighteen years of age or older to vote on account of age
Proposed: March 23, 1971 Completed: July 1, 1971 Time Span: 100 days
27th Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives
Proposed: September 25, 1789 Completed: May 5, 1992 Time Span: 202 years, 223 day
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