200+ years of amendments
The Constitution has been changed 27 times. Ten changes came at once (the Bill of Rights, 1791); the most recent took 203 years to ratify.
- 1791🗣️ Amendment I · Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition
- 1791🛡️ Amendment II · Right to keep and bear arms
- 1791🏠 Amendment III · No forced housing of soldiers
- 1791🔍 Amendment IV · Protection from unreasonable searches
- 1791🤐 Amendment V · Rights of the accused, due process, property
- 1791👩⚖️ Amendment VI · Right to a fair and speedy trial
- 1791🧑🤝🧑 Amendment VII · Jury trials in civil cases
- 1791⛓️ Amendment VIII · No cruel and unusual punishment
- 1791➕ Amendment IX · Other rights belong to the people
- 1791🏘️ Amendment X · Powers reserved to states and people
- 1795🚫 Amendment XI · Limits on suing states
- 1804🗳️ Amendment XII · Separate votes for President and Vice President
- 1865🔓 Amendment XIII · Slavery abolished
- 1868🟰 Amendment XIV · Citizenship, due process, equal protection
- 1870✊ Amendment XV · Voting rights regardless of race
- 1913💵 Amendment XVI · Federal income tax
- 1913🧑💼 Amendment XVII · Senators elected by the people
- 1919🍸 Amendment XVIII · Prohibition of alcohol
- 1920👩 Amendment XIX · Women's right to vote
- 1933📅 Amendment XX · New term start dates (the 'Lame Duck' amendment)
- 1933🍾 Amendment XXI · Prohibition repealed
- 1951✌️ Amendment XXII · Two-term limit for Presidents
- 1961🏙️ Amendment XXIII · Electoral votes for Washington, D.C.
- 1964🧾 Amendment XXIV · No poll taxes in federal elections
- 1967🩺 Amendment XXV · Presidential succession and disability
- 1971🎓 Amendment XXVI · Voting age lowered to 18
- 1992💰 Amendment XXVII · Limits on congressional pay raises