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Simplified Chinese. Funding for the translations was made possible by a grant awarded to the Center in July 2003, from the Governance and Civil Society division of the Peace and Social Justice Program at the Ford Foundation.
The links provide access to interesting, detailed articles that explain the meanings of each of the constitutional amendments numbered 11-27 together with a short, simplified summary of what these constitutional amendments actually mean.
Twenty-five of these constitutional amendments are currently active. The two amendments of the constitution that are inactive are the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) and the 21st Amendment (Repeal of Prohibition). You can also download a PDF of the 27 Amendments if you wish to.
Amendment 27 (Congress) limits the ability of Congress to increase its pay. -Amendments that extend civil rights (13th, 14th) -Amendments that extend voting rights (15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 25th, 26th)
12 sty 2024 · Amendments 11-27 are listed below. AMENDMENT XI. Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795. Note: Article III, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by amendment 11.
8 paź 2024 · defines citizenship and citizens' rights and prevents states from interfering in the rights of citizens of the United States. Granted citizenship to all people born in the US (1868) suffrage. the right to vote.
23 paź 2019 · This amendment established the legal doctrine of "sovereign immunity", which protects government entities or officers acting in their official capacity from being sued over the performance of their duties. It was adopted in 1795 in response to a 1793 U.S. Supreme Court case, Chisholm v. Georgia.
