Amendments 3 Flashcards
21st Amendment
Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibits the transportation or importation into the United States of alcohol for delivery or use in violation of applicable laws.
22nd Amendment
Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once.
23rd Amendment
Grants the District of Columbia electors (the number of electors being equal to the least populous state) in the Electoral College.
24th Amendment
rohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax.
25th Amendment
Addresses succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
26th Amendment
Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.
27th Amendment
Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.