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The Amendments | Constitution Center The Amendments There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution, beginning with the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments, ratified December 15, 1791
List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States (also referred to formally as articles of amendment) have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789
List of the 27 Amendments The 10th Amendment attempts to separate federal and state law, stating that the federal government has only the powers granted to it by the United States Constitution
Amendments to the U. S. Constitution | UMGC This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress
AMENDMENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster An amendment is essentially a correction It comes in many varieties, up to and including the process of altering something through either parliamentary or constitutional procedure
Bill of Rights and later Amendments to the United States Constitution This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission
All Amendments to the U. S. Constitution Explained The Ninth Amendment asserts that the enumeration of specific rights in the Constitution does not negate other rights retained by the people It encourages a broader interpretation of individual rights, affirming that citizens can possess unwritten rights beyond those listed
Library of Congress - Browse | Constitution Annotated First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms Third Amendment Quartering Soldiers Fourth Amendment Searches and Seizures Fifth Amendment Rights of Persons Sixth Amendment Rights in Criminal Prosecutions Seventh Amendment Civil Trial Rights Eighth Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment Ninth Amendment Unenumerated Rights