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after the adoption in 1791 of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights, the original document has been changed only 17 times.   remove

six of those amendments have dealt with the structure of government.   remove

exception of Prohibition and its revocation,   remove

other amendments has been to protect or expand the rights already guaranteed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.   remove

1923 proposal for an amendment to guarantee equal rights for women.   remove

1808 proposal by a Connecticut Senator that the nation choose its president through an annual random drawing from a list of retiring senators   remove

two-thirds majorities of each house of Congress vote their approval and three quarters of the state legislatures add their ratification.   remove

two thirds of the states may vote to call a constitutional convention, whose proposed amendments must be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.   remove

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The first ten amendments were added in 1791   remove

Congress and the states added the 11th Amendment in 1798   remove

 

This site was updated on 27-Aug-08.

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1793, the Supreme Court angered states by accepting jurisdiction in a case where an individual sued the state of Georgia.   remove