Twentieth Amendment

Examples of Twentieth Amendment in the following topics:

• The 20th Amendment

  • The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
  • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• The First Amendment

  • The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and protects American civil liberties.
  • Before the twentieth century, most free speech issues involved prior restraint.
  • Originally, the First Amendment applied only to laws enacted by the Congress.
  • This was done through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment .
  • The Fourteenth Amendment, depicted here, allowed for the incorporation of the First Amendment against the states.

• The 19th Amendment

  • The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
  • The 19th Amendment recognized the right of American women to vote.

• The Second Amendment

  • The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
  • Ideals that helped to inspire the Second Amendment in part are symbolized by the minutemen.

• The First Amendment

  • The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights.
  • State the restrictions imposed upon the federal government and the rights accorded individuals by the 1st Amendment

• The 16th Amendment

  • The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.
  • State the source of revenue made constitutional by the 16th Amendment

• The Free Exercise Clause: Freedom of Religion

  • The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment establishes the right of all Americans to freely practice their religions.
  • The Free Exercise Clause is the accompanying clause with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • This case, which also revived Thomas Jefferson's statement regarding the "wall of separation" between church and state, introduced the position that although religious exercise is generally protected under the First Amendment, this does not prevent the government from passing neutral laws that incidentally impact certain religious practices.
  • During the twentieth century, many major cases involving the Free Exercise Clause were related to Jehovah's Witnesses .
  • The specific beliefs and practices (such as a belief in door-to-door proselytizing, depicted here) of the Jehovah's Witnesses has meant that Jehovah's Witnesses' litigation has played a key role in defining the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

• The Third Amendment

  • The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits, in peacetime or wartime, the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
  • The Third Amendment protects citizens against the quartering of soldiers in private homes.

• The 21st Amendment

  • The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920.
  • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• The 13th Amendment

  • The Thirteenth Amendment completed the abolition of slavery in the United States, which had begun with President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
  • Abraham Lincoln was one of the leading figures behind the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment completed the abolition of slavery in the United States.