Extending the Bill of Extending the Bill of RightsRights

Amendments XI - XXVIIAmendments XI - XXVII

Amendment XIAmendment XI

• Limits the Limits the jurisdiction of jurisdiction of federal courtsfederal courts• Cannot try cases Cannot try cases

in which a state is in which a state is sued by citizens sued by citizens of another state of another state or a foreign or a foreign countrycountry

Amendment XIIAmendment XII• Deals with Deals with

presidential presidential electionselections• Requires Requires

presidential presidential electors to electors to cast cast separate ballotsseparate ballots for the president for the president and vice and vice presidentpresident

Amendment XIIIAmendment XIII• A Civil War A Civil War

amendment (1865)amendment (1865)• Abolished slaveryAbolished slavery

• Authorized Congress Authorized Congress to pass to pass legislation legislation enforcing this actenforcing this act

Amendment XIVAmendment XIV• Another Civil War Another Civil War

amendment (1868)amendment (1868)• Originally meant to Originally meant to

protect the rights of protect the rights of freed slavesfreed slaves

• Plays a significant Plays a significant role in many role in many civil civil rightsrights cases cases• All persons All persons born or born or

naturalizednaturalized in the in the U.S. are citizensU.S. are citizens

• States cannot States cannot deprive any person deprive any person of life, liberty, or of life, liberty, or property property without due without due processprocess

Amendment XIV• Also includes the Also includes the

equal protection equal protection clauseclause• Justice should be Justice should be

blindblind• Segregation is Segregation is

unacceptableunacceptable

Amendment XVAmendment XV• The last of the The last of the

Civil War Civil War amendments amendments (1870)(1870)

• No one shall be No one shall be denied the denied the right to vote right to vote because of racebecause of race• Literacy tests Literacy tests

and poll taxesand poll taxes worked againstworked against

• Women not Women not includedincluded

Amendment XVIAmendment XVI• Gave Congress Gave Congress

the power to the power to collect income collect income taxestaxes

Amendment XVIIAmendment XVII• Provides for the direct Provides for the direct

election of senators election of senators • Allows the Allows the peoplepeople to to

elect a pair of elect a pair of senatorssenators to represent to represent their statetheir state• Used to be chosen by Used to be chosen by

the state legislaturesthe state legislatures

• Gave the people a Gave the people a greater voicegreater voice• Bond (top)Bond (top)• McCaskill (below)McCaskill (below)

Amendment XVIIIAmendment XVIII• Also known asAlso known as

“Prohibition”“Prohibition”• Authorized Authorized

Congress to Congress to prohibit theprohibit the production, production, sale, or sale, or transportation transportation of alcoholof alcohol

Amendment XIXAmendment XIX• Women’s Women’s

suffragesuffrage• Guaranteed Guaranteed

women the right women the right to voteto vote

Amendment XXAmendment XX• Called the “Lame Called the “Lame

Duck” amendmentDuck” amendment• Outgoing officials Outgoing officials

lack influence and lack influence and don’t accomplish don’t accomplish muchmuch

• Congress begins Congress begins its new term on its new term on January 3January 3rdrd

• The president’s The president’s term begins on term begins on January 20January 20thth • Inauguration DayInauguration Day

Amendment XXIAmendment XXI• Repealed Repealed

Amendment Amendment XVIII XVIII (Prohibition)(Prohibition)• The only The only

amendment to amendment to overturnoverturn another another

Amendment XXIIAmendment XXII• Limits the Limits the

president to a president to a maximum of maximum of two elected two elected termsterms• Passed in Passed in

response to response to FDR’s four FDR’s four terms in officeterms in office (1933 – 1945)(1933 – 1945)

Amendment XXIIIAmendment XXIII• Allowed the Allowed the

citizens of citizens of Washington, Washington, D.C.D.C. to vote to vote for for president president and vice and vice presidentpresident• 3 electoral 3 electoral

votesvotes

Amendment XXIVAmendment XXIV• Prohibited the Prohibited the

use of use of poll taxes poll taxes in federal in federal electionselections• Poll taxes had Poll taxes had

been used to keep been used to keep poor minorities poor minorities from votingfrom voting

Amendment XXVAmendment XXV• Deals with Deals with

presidential presidential successionsuccession• If the president If the president

dies or can’t lead, dies or can’t lead, the the vice presidentvice president takes overtakes over

• He/she then He/she then nominates a new nominates a new vice president, vice president, which which must be must be approved by approved by CongressCongress

• Side noteSide note• The The Speaker of the Speaker of the

HouseHouse is next in is next in lineline

Amendment XXVIAmendment XXVI• Lowered the Lowered the

voting agevoting age in in federal & state federal & state elections elections from from 21 to 1821 to 18

Amendment XXVIIAmendment XXVII• Congressional Congressional

pay raises do pay raises do not take effect not take effect until until the start the start of the next of the next termterm• Originally Originally

proposed in proposed in 17891789

• Passed in Passed in 19921992