This amendment declared that every person born or naturalized in the U.S. was a citizen.

The amendment declared, "The Congress shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."

A human-life amendment would declare that a fertilized ovum is a human being from the moment of conception with the same constitutional rights as people already born.

The amendment declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude (...) shall exist within the United States".

In 1920, the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution declared it illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell intoxicating liquors.

Growers filed suit in state court to have the amendments declared unconstitutional, but a state appeals court upheld the revisions in 2006.

But give some thought to tricky questions like whether your amendment will declare that "desecrating" the flag may be punished, or just burning it.

An amendment, improbably attached to an appropriations bill, declared that out of 2,000 catfish types, only the American-born family - named Ictaluridae - could be called "catfish."

The amendment declares that the Chief Justice is the head of the judiciary and is responsible for administrative oversight of the courts.

The amendment did not declare the vote an unconditional right; it prohibited these types of discrimination.