to make sure everyone have the equal rights.
illegal searches (grad point) ;)
nothing
It helped, because from the point on it was ratified, slavery was banned in the United States.
Nearly EVERY amendment in the Bill of Rights has been held by the Supreme Court to have been violated at one point or another, except the Third.
the individual right to keep and bear arms (grad point) ;)
Capital punishment (grad point) ;)
The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ratified in 1791, it states, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." This amendment is often the focal point of debates regarding gun control and individual rights in the U.S.
The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
Amendment 18 and it was because amendment 18 prohibited alcohol and they had to make amendment 21 to cancel out amendment 18.
The eighth (8th) amendment of the Constitution assures the U.S. citizens that there is no excessive bail or no cruel and unusual punishment.8th Amendment. Amendment 8
Amendment 23 of the US Constitution provides for the electoral votes for the District of Columbia. Since this is technically not a state up to this point there were no electoral votes allowed from the District of Columbia for the election of a president and vice president.
The twenty-first amendment repeals the eighteenth amendment.