Sure, here's a quick summary of the 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution:

  1. First Amendment (1791): Protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

  2. Second Amendment (1791): Protects the right to bear arms.

  3. Third Amendment (1791): Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.

  4. Fourth Amendment (1791): Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, requires warrants to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.

  5. Fifth Amendment (1791): Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.

  6. Sixth Amendment (1791): Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be informed of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel.

  7. Seventh Amendment (1791): Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.

  8. Eighth Amendment (1791): Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.

  9. Ninth Amendment (1791): Asserts the existence of unenumerated rights retained by the people.

  10. Tenth Amendment (1791): Provides that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

  11. Eleventh Amendment (1795): Provides that individuals cannot sue states in federal courts (with some exceptions).

  12. Twelfth Amendment (1804): Revises presidential election procedures.

  13. Thirteenth Amendment (1865): Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

  14. Fourteenth Amendment (1868): Defines national citizenship and forbids the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.

  15. Fifteenth Amendment (1870): Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

  16. Sixteenth Amendment (1913): Allows the federal government to levy an income tax.

  17. Seventeenth Amendment (1913): Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

  18. Eighteenth Amendment (1919): Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States (later repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment).

  19. Nineteenth Amendment (1920): Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.

  20. Twentieth Amendment (1933): Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President and Senators and Representatives end and begin.

  21. Twenty-first Amendment (1933): Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment and makes it a federal offense to transport or import alcohol into U.S. states and territories where such transport or importation is prohibited by law.

  22. Twenty-second Amendment (1951): Limits the number of times a person can be elected president.

  23. Twenty-third Amendment (1961): Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College.

  24. Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964): Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax.

  25. Twenty-fifth Amendment (1967): Clarifies the procedures for presidential succession and disability. It establishes that if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the Vice President becomes President. It also establishes procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President and for responding to Presidential disabilities.

  26. Twenty-sixth Amendment (1971): Lowers the voting age in federal and state elections to 18.

  27. Twenty-seventh Amendment (1992): Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. This means that any raise Congress gives itself cannot go into effect until after the next election.

Those are the 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution as of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021. They cover a broad range of topics but all play a crucial role in defining the laws and rights within the United States.

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