Amendments 11-27

The Less Famous Ones

Amendment 11 (1795)

State immunity from certain lawsuits Chisolm v. Georgia, 1793 one state can’t be sued in another changes Art. III Sec. 2

Amendment 12 (1804)

Electoral college revision

Election of 1800

Separate President and VP vote

Changes Art. II Sec. 1

Amendment 13 (1865)

Abolishment of slavery

result of Civil War

Amendment 14 (1868)

Citizenship, due process, equal protection

First definition of citizenship

Held states also to prohibit unfair/arbitrary treatment

prevented discrimination/unreasonable distinctions

Confederate punishments

Amendment 15 (1870)

No denial of vote by race

Amendment 16 (1913)

Income tax

Pollack v. Farmer’s Loan, 1895

Changes Art. I Sec. 9

Amendment 17 (1913)

Direct election of US Senators

Change from “rich man’s club”

Changes Art. I Sec. 3

Amendment 18 (1919)

Prohibition

Bans making, selling, and transporting, importing, and exporting of alcohol

1st to include time limit to pass

Amendment 19 (1920)

Women’s suffrage

Last of the “Progressive Amendments”

Amendment 20 (1933)

“Lame Duck” Amendment

moves up start of new terms

President (March to January)

Congress (January 3)

Changes Art. I Sec. 4

Amendment 21 (1933)

Repeal of Prohibition

By state ratification conventions

Amendment 22 (1951)

Limit on Presidential Tenure

Would apply after Truman

Two terms or ten years max

Amendment 23 (1961)

District of Columbia Electoral Vote

May vote for president, but still not a state

Amendment 24 (1964)

End of poll taxes

No tax on voting

Amendment 25 (1967)

Presidential Succession/Disability

VP becomes President

Fill VP vacancies

Temporary succession

Amendment 26 (1971)

18 year old vote

No limits on voting for anyone above age 18

Amendment 27 (1992)

Congressional pay raises

Senate and House of Representatives raises only go into effect after an election

Proposed in 1789

Modified Art. I Sec. 6