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What was the purpose of the other 16 amendments other than the bill of rights?
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To amend the constitution of the US to correct shortcomings or errors that were not foreseen by the original drafters.
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What is the purpose of the other sixteen other amendments than the bill of rights?
? you tell me
Why do we have the bill of rights or the other 17 amendments?
why do we have the bill of rights
What is the purpose of the first ten commandment to the Constitution?
There are no "commandments" in the constitution , but amendments. The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights.
Are there amendments to the Bill of Rights?
the bill of rights are amendments, they weren't amended again
What part of the Constitution contains the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights is in the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is what we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
How many amendments to the bill of rights comprises of the US Constitution?
There are ten amendments in the bill of rights
What is equal to 10 equals A in the B of R?
The solution of this ditloid is: 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights.
Can the bill of rights be altered?
The Bill of Rights is itself a collection of 10 amendments to the Constitution. Because of this, the Bill of Rights does not get amended, but it's possible to pass amendments that cancel other amendments (like the 18th and 21st amendments). So, if someone wanted to change the Bill of Rights, they could (in theory, at least) try to get an amendment passed that modified one of the amendments contained within the Bill of Rights.
What amendments were part of the bill of rights?
Amendments 1 through 10 are known as the Bill of Rights.
The bill of rights that went into effect in 1791 had how many amendments?
The Bill of Rights that went into effect in 1791 had ten amendments. Since this time there has been 17 new amendments added to the Bill of Rights. Today this document contains 27 amendments.
Are there twentey-seven amendments in the bill of rights?
no there is only the first ten amendments in the bill of rights. the original bill of rights holds 10 amendments but im not sure if every amendment after that was added to it or just put there randomly
What protects the rights of U.S. citizens from the federal government?
The Bill of Rights
