1. THE FLEXIBILITY CONTINUES

2. AMENDMENT 11 ONE MUST SUE A STATE IN THAT STATES COURTS 1 ON 1

3. AMENDMENT 12 COMES ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION OF 1800 WE ELECT THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT SEPARATELY IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE THE FIRST AND SECOND PERSONS IN CHARGE ARE ELECTED SEPARATELY.

4. AMENDMENTS 13, 14, 15 KNOWN AS THE CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT 13 –ABOLISHES SLAVERY –AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND THE DRED SCOTT DECISION DRED SCOTT DECISION –SLAVERY WAS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL –SLAVES WERE NOT CITIZENS

5. AMENDMENT 14 DEFINES CITIZENSHIP PROVIDES EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW FOR ALL “ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE” INCORPORATES THE BILL OF RIGHTS TO THE STATES NOW AS WELL –THE BILL OF RIGHTS ORIGINALLY WAS LIMITING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

6. AMENDMENT 14 IN USE PLESSY V. FERGESON 1896 –SEPARATE BUT EQUAL CONCEPT UPHELD BROWN V. TOPEKA BOARD OF EDUCATION 1954 –OVERTURNS PLESSY –ENDS SEGREGATION –MUST INTEGRATE SCHOOLS WHAT HAD CHANGED? –ONLY OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE 14 TH AMENDMENT

7. AMENDMENT 14 IN USE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT –MLK –AFFIRMATIVE ACTION –CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS GAYS/LESBIAN GROUPS HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS –ADA AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

8. AMENDMENT 15 GIVES FORMER SLAVES THE RIGHT TO VOTE(SUFFRAGE) CAN’T DENY ONE SUFFRAGE BASED ON RACE WAYS AROUND THIS –LITERACY TESTS –BLACK CODES –POLL TAXES HOW COULD THEY DO THIS? –ELECTIONS ARE ARE A RESERVED POWER WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN?

9. AMENDMENT 16 INCOME TAXES CAN BE COLLECTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

10. AMENDMENT 17 DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS ORIGINALLY SELECTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURES POPULIST MOVEMENT PUSHES FOR THE PEOPLE TO ELECT POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

11. AMENDMENT 18 PROHIBITION ILLEGAL TO TRANSPORT, MAKE, SELL, BUY, OR DRINK ALCOHOL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATING BEHAVIOR

12. AMENDMENT 19 WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT THE SUSAN B ANTHONY AMENDMENT SENECA FALLS DOCUMENT –BASED ON DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL

13. AMENDMENT 20 CHANGES INAUGURATION DATE TO JANUARY 20 THE LAME DUCK AMENDMENT

14. AMENDMENT 21 REPEALS AMENDMENT 18 ONLY AMENDMENT TO DO SO

15. AMENDMENT 22 LIMITS PRESIDENT TO TWO TERMS –222 –CAN SERVE TOTAL OF 10 YEARS; VP FINISH TERM OF ANOTHER PRES. PRECEDENT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD BEEN BROKEN BY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DURING WWII DONE TO LIMIT THE POWER OF ONE PERSON.

16. AMENDMENT 23 DC GETS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONLY STATES ARE INCLUDED IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE ARGUMENT OF TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

17. AMENDMENT 24 POLL TAX NO MORE ELIMINATE POLL TAX –NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY TO VOTE TRYING TO ELIMINATE METHODS PEOPLE WERE USING TO KEEP OTHERS FROM VOTING

18. AMENDMENT 25 PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ORDER OF REPLACING THE PRESIDENT –VICE PRESIDENT –SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE –PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE SENATE –CABINET MEMBERS ACTING PRESIDENT CONCEPT

19. AMENDMENT 26 18 YEARS OLD TO VOTE CHANGE BECAUSE OF VIETNAM WAR

20. AMENDMENT 27 PAY RAISES FOR CONGRESSMEN DO NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE NEXT TERM OF CONGRESS WE GET A CHANCE TO DECIDE TO REELECT THOSE MEMBERS THAT GIVE THEMSELVES A RAISE