Amendments 11-27 by Gabriella Soos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm Made by Gabbi Soos en-us 2020-01-27 13:12:49 UTC 2025-03-21 01:13:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 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 gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436365235 My Own: Protects the states from lawsuits brought up by citizens of other states or countries.

]]> 2020-01-27 13:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436365235 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436366706 My Own: Slavery or involuntary servitude may not be used as a punishment for any crime.]]> 2020-01-27 13:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436366706 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 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. *Superseded by section 3 of the 20th amendment. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436368201 My Own: Requires separate ballots for the offices of the president and vice president. ]]> 2020-01-27 13:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436368201 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436910354 My Own: The State may not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property. They may not deny any person the equal protection of the laws within its jurisdiction. ]]> 2020-01-28 12:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436910354 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 gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436919272 My Own: The right to vote shall not be denied by any state based off of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude. ]]> 2020-01-28 13:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436919272 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436920219 My Own: Congress may levy a tax based on income without regard to any census or enumeration.]]> 2020-01-28 13:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436920219 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.When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436922047 My Own: Each state shall have two senators in the Senate, the two senators will be elected by the people. You may not affect an election by construing an amendment.]]> 2020-01-28 13:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436922047 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436923676 My Own: The production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors are now illegal.]]> 2020-01-28 13:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436923676 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436926285 My Own: The right to vote may not be denied by any state based on the sex of a person.]]> 2020-01-28 13:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436926285 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 3rd 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436926709 My Own: The last day of a president and vice-presidents term will end at noon on the 20th day of January. The terms of their successor shall begin that day (Jan 20th) after noon.]]> 2020-01-28 13:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436926709 The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3rd day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436927675 My Own: At noon on the 3rd day of January Congress must assemble. At least once each year unless the gathering is planned another day.]]> 2020-01-28 13:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436927675 If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436928407 My Own: If a president passes away the vice president must take their place. If the president is elected but should not have been chosen (doesn't qualify) the vice president shall take their place. ]]> 2020-01-28 13:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436928407 The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436929417 My Own: Congress is authorized to determine who should be acting president if a new president and vice president have not been chosen by Inauguration Day.]]> 2020-01-28 13:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436929417 The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436931341 My Own: The production, transportation, and selling intoxicating liquors is now legal again.]]> 2020-01-28 13:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436931341 The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436931799 My Own: The illegal transportation of intoxicating liquors is prohibited.]]> 2020-01-28 13:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436931799 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436932949 My Own: A single person may not be elected more than 2 times for office of the president. ]]> 2020-01-28 13:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436932949 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436934952 My Own:  United States Constitution extends the right to vote in presidential elections to citizens residing in the District of Columbia.]]> 2020-01-28 13:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/436934952 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438109915 My Own: Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.]]> 2020-01-30 13:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438109915 In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438110188 My Own: If the president is to die or be removed the vice president must take office. ]]> 2020-01-30 13:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438110188 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438110803 My Own: Any citizen over 18 years old has the right to vote. No citizen may be denied based on colour or sex.]]> 2020-01-30 13:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438110803 No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438111022 My Own: They have the power to raise their own salary but they must win a new term for the raise. ]]> 2020-01-30 13:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438111022 Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438119136 My Own: The president must nominate his vice president after getting the majority vote by both Houses of Congress.]]> 2020-01-30 13:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438119136 Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438119863 My Own: President can declare himself "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office". Once the President does this, the Vice President becomes Acting President.]]> 2020-01-30 13:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438119863 gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438557330 2020-01-31 01:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438557330 Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438565012 My Own:  It allows other executive officials to declare the President unable to do his job. The Vice President must agree to do this.]]> 2020-01-31 01:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438565012 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. gsoos https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438578883 My Own:  United States Constitution extends the right to vote in presidential elections to citizens residing in the District of Columbia.]]> 2020-01-31 02:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gsoos/l773lu56rhkm/wish/438578883