27th Amendment

The 27th Amendment prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives. The great part of our government is the checks and balances system. Although at times it can be corrupt this amendment has an important purpose. Not being able to raise a salary during a term restrains power from the president.

 

26th Amendment

The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 years old. The most importance reason behind lowering the age for voting is to give the ability to soldiers to vote and have a say. Also this allows the youth to be more involved with politics and voicing their opinions when it comes to our government.

25th Amendment

The 25th Amendment states that incase the removal or death of the president the Vice President takes over and becomes the president.

This humorous political cartoon shows George Bush invoking the 25th Amendment.

24th Amendment

the 24th Amendment prohibited any poll tax during elections for federal officials.


Having any type boundaries or requirements when it comes to voting can make the ability to vote extremely difficult for some. Having a poll tax restrained some people ability to vote because they simply could not afford it. This cartoon represents the "wall" people would have to essentially destroy to be able to vote.

23rd Amendment

The 23rd Amendment allows residents of District of Columbia the ability to vote in Presidential elections. Before the  23rd Amendment citizens of the District of Columbia had no representation in the Electoral College.



This cartoon represents how before this amendment was ratified it would have been extremely unfair for residents in this region.

22nd Amendment

The 22nd Amendment limited the amount of terms a president can have and for how long. One controversial topic relating to the 22nd amendment is if it should be repealed or not? One could argue that limiting a president to two terms for a length of four years each, denies citizens to re-elect a president they felt performed well. Also this puts pressure on the president because everyone knows when he is leaving. People can become uninterested and wait for the next successor and the president does not have the ability to shape the polictical agenda.

21 Amendment

21st Amendment repeals the 18th amendment which mandated prohibition on alcohol nationwide.

This cartoon has a comedic tone to it. comparing the posters the one on the right seems very insignificant compared to the left. The point is to the depict the idea that the 21st amendment is not a very important amendment and people are just going right back to how were normally. Also the people looking at the poster on the right are paying attention to perhaps the wrong poster. The one on the left seems much more imperative and the one on the right is a poster that does not really have any importance.