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Q: Why do we have the bill of rights or the other 17 amendments?
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How many amendments is the Bill of Rights made of?

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. There are also an additional 17 amendments.


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.


How many amendments have been added to the bill of rights?

17


How many amendments have been added to Bill of Rights?

17


How many amendments was originally in the Bill of Rights?

The original draft of the Bill of Rights had 17 Amendments, 10 of which would eventually be ratified. The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791.


How many amendments are on the Texas constitution bill of rights?

I agree 17 amendments i would know cuz i was there


How many times has the constitution been amended since the bill of rights?

17.There is 27 but 17 changes have been recorded.


Since the ratification of the bill of rights how many amendments are there to the constitution?

The constitution has been amended a total of 27 times. Of those, 17 were added after the Bill of Rights.


How many rights does the Bill of Rights have?

There are ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. There are many more than ten rights granted or assumed in the Bill of Rights. I believe the correct answer is zero because the Biil of Rights did not grant rights. The Bill of Rights protected inherent rights from interference by the government. There is room for discussion that "due process" may be viewed as a granted right.


How many amendments have been added to the US constitution during US history?

17 Amendments were added to the bill of rights


How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights?

There were 10 original amendments included in the Bill of Rights. They were passed by congress in September of 1789 and ratified in December of 1791. 17 later amendments were passed between 1804 and 1992.


Why are amendments to the constitution necessary?

There are 27 amendments to the US Constitution. However, only 17 of them qualify as "changes", because the first 10, collectively referred to as the "Bill of Rights", did not come with the Constitution itself. Since the ratification of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, only 17 amendments have been ratified