11-27 Amendments by https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b Made with an open mind en-us 2019-01-04 18:23:02 UTC 2026-02-11 02:18:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Amendment 11 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507640 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.

The 11th amendment established Federal Court Jurisdiction. This limited the Federal Court because it forbade them from hearing certain lawsuits against states. Someone cannot sue a state in Federal Court. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507640 Amendment 12 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507661 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.

The 12th amendment gives the steps to electing the President and Vice President. Instead of voting twice, whoever you vote for president chooses their Vice President. It defined the Electoral College. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507661 Amendment 13 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507707 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.

The 13th Amendment prohibited slavery and any act of indentured servants everywhere. It gives everyone the right to be free, except for crime-doers. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507707 Amendment 14 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507751 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.

The 14th Amendment allows the freedom of the people to be in action, and forbids from taking that away. It also defines natural citizenship, and gives them equal protection under the law. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507751 Amendment 15 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507801 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.

The 15th amendment gave all African Americans the right to vote. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507801 Amendment 16 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507863 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.

The 16th Amendment established the income tax, giving the United States Federal Government to take portions of citizen's yearly income. This allows for the Federal Government to spend money on things for the society and the country. 




]]> 2019-01-04 18:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507863 Amendment 17 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507911 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.

The 17th amendment provided for the direct election of senators. Instead of representatives choosing them, the citizens of the United States will directly vote on senators. 



]]> 2019-01-04 18:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507911 Amendment 18 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507939 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.

The 18th Amendment established Prohibition. It put a ban on all selling, buying, and drinking of alcohol products. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507939 Amendment 19 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507992 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

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317507992 Amendment 20 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508032 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 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.

The 20th Amendment defined the dates of the office term ends. It gives the United States guidelines on Presidential Succession. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508032 Amendment 21 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508069 The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th amendment. It made crime worse, so they decided to take it away since there was no reason for it. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508069 Amendment 22 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508082 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

The 22nd Amendment gave an outline on how many Presidential terms are allowed and how long they are. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508082 Amendment 23 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508126 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.

The 23rd Amendment gave Washington D.C the right to vote. Since it is not a state, they were not allowed to. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508126 Amendment 24 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508151 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.

The 24th Amendment did not allow for the Poll Tax anymore. The poll tax was a fee to vote on elections. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508151 Amendment 25 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508183 In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

The 25th amendments gives the procedure that should be done in case something were to happen to the president. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508183 Amendment 26 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508214 he 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.

This Amendment gave people who were 18 and older to vote instead of the voting age being 21. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508214 Amendment 27 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508240 No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

The 27th Amendment gave members of the congress to give themselves a pay raise. 


]]> 2019-01-04 18:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/317508240 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996453 2019-01-13 00:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996453 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996709 2019-01-13 00:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996709 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996728 2019-01-13 00:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996728 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996793 2019-01-13 00:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996793 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996948 2019-01-13 00:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996948 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996993 2019-01-13 00:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319996993 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997037 2019-01-13 00:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997037 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997076 2019-01-13 00:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997076 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997099 2019-01-13 00:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997099 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997145 2019-01-13 00:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997145 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997220 2019-01-13 00:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997220 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997260 2019-01-13 00:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997260 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997287 2019-01-13 00:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997287 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997350 2019-01-13 00:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997350 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997414 2019-01-13 00:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997414 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997432 2019-01-13 00:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997432 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997461 2019-01-13 00:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997461 zfreeman1 https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997472 2019-01-13 00:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zfreeman1/pu3bxxzgnf0b/wish/319997472