4.3- Extending the 4.3- Extending the Bill of RightsBill of Rights

Amendments 11 - 27Amendments 11 - 27

Amendment 11Amendment 11• States cannot be States cannot be

sued in federal sued in federal court by one of court by one of its citizens, a its citizens, a citizen of citizen of another state, or another state, or by a foreign by a foreign countrycountry

Amendment 12Amendment 12• Election of the Election of the

President and President and Vice-PresidentVice-President

• Use of electoral Use of electoral college to use college to use separate ballots separate ballots in voting for in voting for president and president and vice-presidentvice-president

Amendment 13Amendment 13

• Known as Civil War Known as Civil War AmendmentAmendment

• Outlaws the practice Outlaws the practice of slavery in the of slavery in the United StatesUnited States

Amendment 14Amendment 14• Also known as Civil Also known as Civil

War AmendmentWar Amendment• Originally meant to Originally meant to

protect the rights protect the rights of freed slavesof freed slaves

• Now protects all Now protects all citizens’ life, citizens’ life, liberty or property liberty or property without due without due processprocess

• All have equal All have equal protection under protection under the lawthe law

Amendment 15Amendment 15• Also known as Also known as

Civil War Civil War AmendmentAmendment

• No person No person shall be denied shall be denied the right to the right to vote because vote because of raceof race

• Poll taxes, Poll taxes, literacy tests, literacy tests, etc. worked etc. worked againstagainst

• Women not Women not includedincluded

Amendment 16Amendment 16

• Congress can Congress can collect collect income taxincome tax

Amendment 17Amendment 17

• 2 Senators from each state are 2 Senators from each state are directly elected by the peopledirectly elected by the people

• Gave people a greater voiceGave people a greater voice

Amendment 18Amendment 18

• Illegal to Illegal to sell, sell, manufacturmanufacture, or e, or transport transport alcoholic alcoholic beveragesbeverages

• ““ProhibitioProhibition”n”

Amendment 19Amendment 19

• Women’s SuffrageWomen’s Suffrage• The right to vote cannot be The right to vote cannot be

denied because of genderdenied because of gender

Amendment 20Amendment 20• ““Lame-Duck” Lame-Duck”

AmendmentAmendment• President takes President takes

office January 20office January 20thth

• Congress begins Congress begins new term January new term January 33rdrd

• Outgoing officials Outgoing officials have little have little influence and do influence and do not accomplish not accomplish much much

• If president-elect If president-elect dies before dies before taking office, taking office, vice-president vice-president elect becomes elect becomes presidentpresident

Amendment 21Amendment 21

• Repeals the 18Repeals the 18thth Amendment Amendment ending ending ProhibitionProhibition

• Only Only amendment to amendment to do thisdo this

Amendment 22Amendment 22

• President cannot President cannot serve more than 2 serve more than 2 full termsfull terms

• Passed as a Passed as a response to FDR’s response to FDR’s 4 terms in office 4 terms in office (1933 – 1945)(1933 – 1945)

Amendment 23Amendment 23

• Allows the citizens Allows the citizens of the Washington of the Washington D.C. to vote for D.C. to vote for president and vice president and vice presidentpresident

• 3 presidential 3 presidential electorselectors

Amendment 24Amendment 24

• Prohibits the use Prohibits the use of poll taxes in of poll taxes in federal electionsfederal elections

• Poll taxes used to Poll taxes used to keep low-income keep low-income minorities from minorities from votingvoting

Amendment 25Amendment 25• If the president If the president

dies or cannot dies or cannot lead, vice-lead, vice-president takes president takes officeoffice

• If the vice-If the vice-president dies president dies or resigns, the or resigns, the president president cannot appoint cannot appoint a replacementa replacement

• Subject to Subject to Congressional Congressional consentconsent

Amendment 26Amendment 26

• No one over the No one over the age of eighteen age of eighteen can be denied can be denied the right to the right to vote by virtue vote by virtue of ageof age

Amendment 27Amendment 27

• Any pay raise Any pay raise Congress gives Congress gives it’s members it’s members does not take does not take effect until a effect until a new election new election has taken has taken place.place.

• Proposed in Proposed in 1789, passed in 1789, passed in 19921992

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