Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and form what is known as the ...

The story of the Ninth Amendment’s adoption begins with the decision by the Philadelphia convention to omit a bill of rights from the original Constitution of 1787. The absence of a bill of ...

Many founding fathers were unable to sign the Declaration of Independence or Constitution due to travel difficulties.  Others ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the fundamental rights of conscience—the freedom to believe and express different ideas ...

Because the Constitution created a government of limited and enumerated powers, the Framers initially believed that a bill of rights was not only unnecessary, but also potentially dangerous.

"The Constitution isn't perfect because it wasn ... It's so easy to take for granted individual liberty, a bill of rights, the rule of law, checks and balances, getting a trial by jury, the ...

Many of the rights in the Bill of Rights apply to those accused ... one of the most important and innovative concepts in the U.S. Constitution, although the word never appears there.

In a partisan vote, the House Privileges & Elections Committee advanced a bill to constitutionalize reproductive rights ...

(The Center Square) – An Ohio Voters Bill of Rights can move forward to get before voters as an amendment to the state’s ...

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 ...