Amendment 21 Amendment 18 Repealed. Ratified 12/5/1933. 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. 3. The article … [Read more...]
CONSTITUTION OF THE US ARTICLE 1 SECTION 2
Section 2 The House The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and … [Read more...]
CONSTITUTION OF THE US AMENDMENT 22
Amendment 22 Presidential Term Limits. Ratified 2/27/1951. 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article … [Read more...]
CONSTITUTION OF THE US ARTICLE 1 SECTION 3
Section 3 The Senate The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, [chosen by the Legislature thereof,] (Words in brackets superseded by 17th Amendment, section 1.) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be … [Read more...]
CONSTITUTION OF THE US AMENDMENT 23
Amendment 23 Presidential Vote for District of Columbia. Ratified 3/29/1961. 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were … [Read more...]