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If a right is not listed in the Constitution does this mean you don't have that right?
no because one of the amendments are "all rights not stated in the constitution are hereby given to the states or the people"
What does it mean to say that individual rights guaranteed in the constitution are relative and not absolute?
Your rights are guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States. However, certain behaviors that one may choose to be involved in can "strip" that individual of his/her rights. Your fundamental rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness can be stripped if your action violate laws set in place by the government. This also extends to the right to vote, bear arms etc.
What are two words that mean rights protected by the constitution?
Civil Rights or Liberties.
What does framer mean in the constitution?
When we refer to a "framer" of our United States Constitution, we mean those who wrote the Constitution. In general that means the Founding Fathers of the United States.
What are the bill of rights and what do they mean?
The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments made to the Constitution. They explained the colonists rights.
What is the 9th amendement?
The Ninth Amendment, or Amendment IX of the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights that states that there are other rights that may exist aside from the ones explicitly mentioned, and even though they are not listed, it does not mean they can be violated. The Ninth Amendment of the Bill of Rights was put into the United States Constitution on September 5, 1789 and was voted for by 9 out of 12 states on December 15, 1791.
Which amendment protects the rigts which might not necessarily be written into the constitution or the bill of rights?
There is a clause written before the Bill of Rights which basically states in modern english, that the following rights are yours and cannot be taken away, but it does not necessarily mean these the only rights you have. This was done to insure that a) people would not confuse the Bill of Rights as a form of oppression and b) later amendments that guaranteed rights could be added to the Constitution.
Was their any ladies who signed the Bill of Rights?
no probly not <><><> No one signed the Bill of Rights. It is part of the US Constitution. The Consitution was ratified by states, not signed. If you mean the Declaration of Independence, no- women were not voters or politicians at that time.
What does it mean to be an American citizen in view of the history of rights and the Federal Constitution of US?
The US constitution confers no rights to Americans as citizens. It does however, do so for US citizens.
According to artical 5 what does it mean?
Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process by which the Constitution may be altered. Amendments may be proposed by the United States Congress or by a national convention assembled at the request of the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states. Amendments must then be ratified either by approval of the legislatures of three-fourths of the states or ratifying conventions held in three-fourths of the states.
What does the definition of the tenth amendment of the Constitution mean?
the answer is the powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited by the united states are reserved to the states respectfully, or to the people.
All the rights of Americans are listed in the Constitution.?
No, the Constitution says that it does not limit the rights of Americans, and any rights they have had remain with them. This is (for example) the source of the right to privacy, which is never specifically mentioned in the Constitution or Amendments. The ninth and tenth Amendments ensure that the people retain all of their rights.
