There have been 27 amendments to the US constitution. Here is a list of all the constitutional amendments to the constitution and a summary.

All 27 ratified and six unratified amendments are listed and detailed in the tables below. Article Five of the United States Constitution details the two-step process for amending the nation's plan of government. Amendments must be properly proposed and ratified before becoming operative.

1st Amendment: Guarantees the right to the freedoms of speech, press, and religion. Protects the right to petition the government. 2nd Amendment: Guarantees the people’s right to own and bear arms for their defense. 3rd Amendment: Citizens cannot be …

There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution, beginning with the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments, ratified December 15, 1791.

These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and form what is known as the "Bill of Rights." AMENDMENT I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the ...

Since the Constitution went into effect on March 4, 1789, twenty-seven amendments have been added to the Constitution. This page gives just a short summary of each of these amendments. For more information about each amendment, click on the links in the box at the right of this page.

The United States Constitution has been amended 27 times. Many of these amendments encompass the rights we hold dear today.