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The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

In my own words this means that this amendment restricts the ability of indivisuals to sue states in federal court, establishing a principle.

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Election of President and Vice President

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Election of President and Vice President

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The Twelfth Amendment made a series of adjustments to the Electoral College system. For the electors, it was now mandated that a distinct vote had to be taken for the president and the vice president. Further, one of the selected candidates must be someone who is not from the same state as the elector.

In my own words this amendment provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president.

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Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt

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Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt

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All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

In my own words this guarantees citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, including former enslaved people, and this promises equal protection under the law.

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

In my own words this means the 15th Amendment ends the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous servitude.

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The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

In my own words, this grants Congress the power to collect income taxes from any source, without apportionment based on population.

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The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

In my own words this means that two senators from each state are directly elected by the people.

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After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

In my own words, this amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

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Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

In my own words this means slavery was officially abolished and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, throughout the US.

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

In my own words this amendment prohibits the denail of the right to vote based on gender.

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Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress

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Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress

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The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

In my own words this means that it moved the start dates for presidential and congressional terms to January 20th and January 3rd.

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The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

In my own words this amendment repealed the 18th amendment which caused a nationwide ban on alcohol.

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No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

In my own words, this limits the presidential term to two full terms in office.

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A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States.

In my own words, this amendment grants residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections by giving them electors in the Electoral College.

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.

In my own words, this amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from requiring the payment of a poll tax or any other tax.

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Presidential Disability and Succession

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Presidential Disability and Succession

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This is a example of William Henry Harrison who was killed by pneumonia doctors and was the first president to die in office.

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

In my own words, this amendment outlines procedures for presidential succession and disability, if the president dies, resigns, is removed, or is unable to perform their duties.

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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

In my own words, This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.

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Mike Johnson says that Congress is set to vote on giving themselves a pay raise.

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

In my own words, this amendment prevents any law from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives.