1. Amendments 11-27 The Less Famous Ones

2. 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

3. Amendment 12 (1804)  Electoral college revision  Election of 1800  Separate President and VP vote  Changes Art. II Sec. 1

4. Amendment 13 (1865)  Abolishment of slavery  result of Civil War

5. 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

6. Amendment 15 (1870)  No denial of vote by race

7. Amendment 16 (1913)  Income tax  Pollack v. Farmer’s Loan, 1895  Changes Art. I Sec. 9

8. Amendment 17 (1913)  Direct election of US Senators  Change from “rich man’s club”  Changes Art. I Sec. 3

9. Amendment 18 (1919)  Prohibition  Bans making, selling, and transporting, importing, and exporting of alcohol  1 st to include time limit to pass

10. Amendment 19 (1920)  Women’s suffrage  Last of the “Progressive Amendments”

11. Amendment 20 (1933)  “Lame Duck” Amendment  moves up start of new terms  President (March to January)  Congress (January 3)  Changes Art. I Sec. 4

12. Amendment 21 (1933)  Repeal of Prohibition  By state ratification conventions

13. Amendment 22 (1951)  Limit on Presidential Tenure  Would apply after Truman  Two terms or ten years max

14. Amendment 23 (1961)  District of Columbia Electoral Vote  May vote for president, but still not a state

15. Amendment 24 (1964)  End of poll taxes  No tax on voting

16. Amendment 25 (1967)  Presidential Succession/Disability  VP becomes President  Fill VP vacancies  Temporary succession

17. Amendment 26 (1971)  18 year old vote  No limits on voting for anyone above age 18

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