Additional Rights
Amendments 11 through 27 of the Constitution of the United States deal with many things, some of which give you additional rights.
- The eleventh amendment limits a citizens ability to sue states in federal court under federal law.
- The thirteenth amendment abolishes slavery.
- The fourteenth amendment prohibits states from taking away your rights and gives all citizens equal protection under the law.
- The fifteenth and nineteenth amendments prohibits the government and states from using your race, color, or sex as a qualification for voting.
- The twenty-fourth amendment prohibits the government from requiring you to pay in order to vote.
- The twenty-sixth amendment gives every citizen of age 18 or greater the right to vote.
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