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This amendment essentially states that no law that affects the pay of Congress members can go into effect until a new term begins.

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

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This Amendment essentially states that all citizens that can now vote in the U.S. when they become 18 years of age or older.

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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.

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This Amendment essentially states that if a President is removed from office or dies during their term, the Vice President will take their place for the remainder of their term.

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

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This Amendment essentially states that the U.S. cannot deny any citizen their right to vote if they can not pay a poll tax, etc....

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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 any poll tax or other tax.

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This Amendment is essentially stating that Citizens of Washington D.C. (which is not a state) can now vote.

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The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:

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, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

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This Amendment essentially states that a President cannot serve more than two terms. It also states that somebody who filled a President's term (Ex: Vice President Lindon B. Johnson who took over when President Nixon resigned) for more than 2 years cannot be elected more than once.

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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. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

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This Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, therefore making Alcohol legal in the U.S. again.

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

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This Amendment essentially states that the President's term will end on January 20th at noon four years from when the term began. It also states that the terms for Senators and House members will end on January 3rd at Noon on which year the term is supposed to end. At that time their successors will begin.

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The terms of the President and 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.

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This Amendment essentially states that it is now legal for women to vote in the U.S.

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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.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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This Amendment is essentially stating that Alcohol is now illegal in the U.S.

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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.

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This Amendment essentially states that each individual state has to have 2 senators elected by the people that serve for six years. Each Senator has one vote and the electors for each state have to meet the qualification for electors of the biggest branch of State legislatures.

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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.

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This Amendment essentially states that the U.S. Government has the right to "lay and collect" income tax from all people.

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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.

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This Amendment essentially states that the U.S. or any individual state cannot deny citizens the right to vote based on race, color, etc...

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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.

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This Amendment essentially states that anybody born in the U.S. no matter the circumstances is a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the state they were born in. They are subject to everything any other U.S. citizen would have. The amendment also states that individual states cannot make or enforce any laws that deprive any citizen of their freedoms.

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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.

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This Amendment essentially states that slavery/involuntary servitude is now illegal in the U.S. except as punishment for convicted criminals.

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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.

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This Amendment in summary, states that if no Presidential candidate gets the majority of electoral votes, the House has to go into session to pick the president. It also states that electors have to cast one vote for President/Vice President instead of 2.

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The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;-The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;-The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President-The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

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This Amendment essentially states that the U.S. government cannot sue any individual state, a state or citizens from one state cannot sue another state, and states do not have to hear lawsuits against them if they are based on federal law.

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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.

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This Amendment essentially states that the federal government only has the powers that are specifically permitted by the Constitution, the powers not permitted by the Constitution are reserved for the States.

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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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This Amendment essentially states that the rights of the people are not limited to just the rights listed in the Bill of Rights.

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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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This Amendment essentially states that there shall not be excessive bail or excessive fines imposed on people, and that there shall not be cruel and unusual punishments imposed on people.

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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

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This Amendment essentially states that in lawsuits, if the case is more than 20 dollars than the right to a jury trial will be recognized and courts cannot hinder the jury's ruling.

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In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

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People have the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to a jury of their peers where the crime was committed, the right to be informed of the essence of the accusation, and the right to an attorney.

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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

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The American people have the right to remain silent, except when on an presentment/indictment of a Grand Jury and in cases coming to light in the military, when in time of War or when the public is in danger. No person can be charged for the same offense twice or multiple times. The people also cannot be stripped of liberty, or property, without the process of the law. A person's private property cannot be taken for public use without proper justification.

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

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The American people have the right to their privacy and unnecessary searches and/or seizures are not warranted except when there is an official search Warrant because of probable cause, the Warrant specifically describes the place that will be searched and the people or things that will be seized.

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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Soldiers cannot be housed in civilian's homes during a state of peace without consent of the Owner, they also cannot  be housed in civilian's homes during a time of war except when "prescribed by law."

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No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

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The American people have the right to own guns in order to help certify that our country will remain in a "free state."

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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

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This amendment essentially states that the American people have the right to freedom of religion, the right to freedom of speech, the right to freedom of the press, the right to protest, and the right to petition.

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.