United States constitutional amendments

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constitutional amendment series legal instrument

United States constitutional amendments are formal changes or additions to the U.S. Constitution that refine, expand, or clarify the nation’s fundamental laws and civil rights over time.

Aliases (1)

Amendments to the United States Constitution ×5

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional amendment series → legal instrument →
adoptionMethod	proposal by a national convention called by Congress on application of two-thirds of the state legislatures → proposal by two-thirds of both houses of Congress →
appliesToDocument	United States Constitution →
bindingOn	federal government of the United States → states of the United States →
country	United States of America →
firstAmendmentNumber	1 →
firstRatifiedYear	1791 →
governingArticle	Article V of the United States Constitution →
includes	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → First Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Third Amendment to the United States Constitution → Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
influencedBy	political, social, and economic developments in U.S. history →
language	English →
latestAmendmentNumber	27 →
latestRatifiedYear	1992 →
legalStatus	supreme law of the land →
legalSystem	United States law →
notableFeature	can be used to overturn Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution → first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights →
numberOfRatifiedAmendments	27 →
partOf	United States constitutional law →
processType	deliberate and difficult to complete →
purpose	to clarify constitutional provisions → to expand civil rights → to formally change or add to the U.S. Constitution → to refine the nation’s fundamental laws →
ratificationMethod	ratification by conventions in three-fourths of the states → ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures →
subjectArea	civil liberties → criminal procedure → federalism → presidential elections → separation of powers → succession and term limits → voting rights →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Amendments to the United States Constitution") → Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Amendments to the United States Constitution") → Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Amendments to the United States Constitution") → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Amendments to the United States Constitution") → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Amendments to the United States Constitution") →	category
United States constitutional history →	includesTopic