Jacobin on MSN1 天Opinion
The Bill of Rights Was a Concession to Popular Struggles
When Americans today think of the Constitution, many of us think of certain cherished freedoms we hold dear: freedom of ...
Drexel University6 年
Preamble to the Bill of Rights
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ... of the original Constitution. Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the ...
BBC2 个月
What rights and responsibilities do US citizens have?
The US Constitution has several important amendments. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. They protect all of the basic freedoms of American people.
Yahoo24 天
Opinion: The states made the Bill of Rights happen
On Dec. 15, 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, a set of 10 amendments to the original U.S. Constitution. This step fulfilled a promise made to Anti-Federalists ...
c-span7 年
Bill of Rights
On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified by Virginia, allowing the passage of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Virginia was the tenth of fourteen states to ratify the ...
PBS11 年
The First and Second Amendments
The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the ... However, in New York Times v. United States (1973), the Supreme Court ruled ...
PBS23 天
State Powers
which became the Bill of Rights in 1791, was a protection of state power. The new Tenth Amendment stated: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it ...
Florida Today23 天
Opinion: County leaders have no business interpreting US Constitution
It is not the role of our county commission to interpret the constitution ... attempt to create distrust of the United States government. Our bill of rights was ratified on December 15, 1791.
CounterPunch27 天
When Rights Become Privileges: Is the Constitution Becoming Optional?
That’s all we’ve ever had in this country is a ‘Bill of Temporary ... a world in which the rights enshrined in the Constitution for all persons living in the United States are transformed ...
The Heritage Foundation6 个月
Bill of Attainder
No Bill of Attainder...shall be passed. The Constitution prohibits both the ... indicated “disaffection to the government of the United States in its contest with the Rebellion.” ...
BBC2 个月
Copy of US Constitution found in filing cabinet sells for $9m
A rare 237-year-old copy of the US Constitution has been sold at auction ... that each state ratify the document. "To secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each and yet provide for ...