"Amendment" Example Sentences
1. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
2. The second amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
3. The proposed amendment would change the tax structure.
4. Congress passed the 19th Amendment to give women the right to vote.
5. The first amendment protects freedom of speech and religion.
6. The fifth amendment gives the right to remain silent during a trial.
7. The Supreme Court struck down the amendment as unconstitutional.
8. The fourth amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
9. The proposed amendment would lower the drinking age to 18.
10. The 25th Amendment outlines the process for presidential succession.
11. The third amendment prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes.
12. The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
13. The proposed amendment would limit the number of terms a president can serve.
14. The ninth amendment states that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.
15. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
16. The seventh amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
17. The proposed amendment would increase funding for public schools.
18. The 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition.
19. The eighth amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
20. The tenth amendment states that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.
21. The proposed amendment would require background checks for all gun purchases.
22. The eleventh amendment establishes state sovereign immunity from certain lawsuits.
23. The 15th Amendment prohibits the denial of voting rights based on race.
24. The proposed amendment would legalize marijuana for medicinal use.
25. The sixth amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
26. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition.
27. The 12th Amendment outlines the process for electing the President and Vice President.
28. The 22nd Amendment limits the President to two terms in office.
29. The proposed amendment would require a balanced federal budget.
30. The 17th Amendment established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.
Common Phases
1. The first
amendment protects freedom of speech; the second
amendment protects the right to bear arms; the third
amendment prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes.
2. The constitution was amended to abolish slavery; another
amendment gave women the right to vote.
3. Congress passed an
amendment to lower the voting age to 18; some states have ratified an
amendment to guarantee equal rights for women.
4. The Supreme Court ruled that flag burning is protected under the first
amendment; opponents of the decision called for a constitutional
amendment to ban flag desecration.
5. The twenty-second
amendment limits the president to two terms in office; there have been proposals to abolish this
amendment.